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Diocese of Ciudad Juárez

Dioecesis Civitatis Iuarezensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 April 1957
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Chihuahua
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Chihuahua
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 29,639 (11,448 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesisdeciudadjuarez.org/
  • Mailing Address: Casa de Gobierno Eclesiastico, Calle Ignacio Mejia y Calle Perú s/n, Col. Partido Romero, 32030 Ciudad Juárez, Chih., México
  • Telephone: (656)615-09-82
  • Fax: 615-00-24

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 April 1957ErectedDiocese of Chihuahua (Praxedis Guerrero, Guadalupe, Ojinaga. Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Casas Grandes, Ascensión, Janos, San Buenaventura, Galeana, Ignacio Zaragoza, Ahumada, Temosachic, Matachic, Namiquipa, Gómez Farias, Guerrero, Ocampo Moris, Juárez, Covarne and Benavides) Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (erected)
22 November 1958Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ciudad Juárez (from Durango)
25 April 1966Territory LostArchdiocese of Chihuahua (Guerrero and Bachiniva)
Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (Madera, Temosachic, Matachic, Namiquipa, Moris, Ocampo, and Gómez Farias)
Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (Yécora)
Territorial Prelature of Madera (erected)
15 February 1969Territory AddedDiocese of Ciudad Juárez (In the region EI Chamizal, now match the civil boundaries)
Diocese of El Paso (In the region EI Chamizal, now match the civil boundaries)
13 April 1977Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Juárez (Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ascensión, Casas Grandes, Galeana, Ignacio Zaragoza, Ianos, and San Buenaventura) Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966565,000618,00091.4%4218609,4161817030ap1967
1970513,000533,09796.2%4111529,8651719324ap1971
1976897,000966,00092.9%47125915,2031816225ap1977
1980860,000890,00096.6%4495316,2261615121ap1981
19901,047,0001,195,00087.6%49186715,6262612637ap1991
19991,750,0002,500,00070.0%69299817,8573718655ap2000
20002,000,0002,700,00074.1%68319920,20243917458ap2001
20012,300,0003,000,00076.7%843411819,491104317659ap2002
20022,370,0003,100,00076.5%823711919,915105017063ap2003
20032,380,0002,800,00085.0%813711820,169135120265ap2004
20042,125,0002,500,00085.0%803811818,008145316366ap2005
20062,179,0002,564,00085.0%873712417,572125716268ap2007
20132,318,0002,727,00085.0%952111619,982192917773ap2014
20161,092,0801,321,00082.7%98181169,414172015073ap2017
20191,200,4171,501,55279.9%104201249,680253014076ap2020
20211,332,1311,674,97379.5%1021912111,009232616477ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 885, to Page 888
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 408, to Page 410
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 198, and Page 199

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