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Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal

Dioecesis Cancunensis-Chetumaliensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 15 February 2020
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Yucatán
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Quintana Roo
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 50,212 (19,394 Square Miles)
  • Description: State of Quintana Roo
  • Conference Region: Sureste
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesiscancunchetumal.org
  • Mailing Address: Catedral de Cancun, Av. Puertos 1 entre Av. Kabah y Av. La Costa, Supermanzana 33, 77508 Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
  • Telephone: (998)887.42.52

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Chetumal
23 May 1970ErectedDiocese of Campeche
Archdiocese of Yucatán
Territorial Prelature of Chetumal (erected) (Quintana Roo)
Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal
20 December 1996Name ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Chetumal Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal
Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal
15 February 2020ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Chetumal
196977,17984,00091.9%94135,936165ap1971
1976150,000180,00083.3%214169,375153113ap1977
1980221,900254,90087.1%2141613,868155114ap1981
1990276,000312,00088.5%2222411,500225120ap1991
Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal
1999755,000950,00079.5%4384217,9762447726ap2000
2000800,0001,000,00080.0%4404418,1812498432ap2001
2001820,0001,050,00078.1%5434817,0832718935ap2002
2002890,0001,100,00080.9%4424619,3472489234ap2003
2003900,0001,150,00078.3%4485217,3073529234ap2004
2004950,0001,200,00079.2%6475317,9243569235ap2005
20131,028,0001,545,00066.5%19881079,607199412955ap2014
2016898,4781,501,56259.8%46801267,130188612459ap2017
2019976,3401,549,75063.0%50871377,126198915466ap2020
Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal
20211,016,1311,588,70064.0%56781347,583388413376ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Chetumal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 62, Page 817, and Page 818
  • Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 89, Page 71, and Page 72
  • Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 112, Page 274, and Page 275

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