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Diocese of Culiacán

Dioecesis Culiacanensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 16 February 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hermosillo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Sinaloa
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 40,674 (15,710 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Vizcaya-Pacifico
  • Mailing Address: Paseo Humaya 25 Ote., Col. Lomas de Guadalupe, 80250 Culiacán, Sin., México
  • Telephone: (667)712-32-72; 712-14-97

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Sinaloa
24 May 1883ErectedDiocese of Sonora Diocese of Sinaloa (erected)
22 November 1958Territory LostArchdiocese of Durango (Tamazula, San Andrés de la Sierra, Los Remedios, Topia, Canelas, Otaez, and San Dimas)
Diocese of Sinaloa (Elota, Cosala, San Ignacio, Concordia, Mazatlán, Rosario, and Escuinapa)
Diocese of Mazatlán (erected)
Diocese of Culiacán
16 February 1959Name ChangedDiocese of Sinaloa Diocese of Culiacán
25 November 2006Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Culiacán (from Durango)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Sinaloa
1950544,5004534811,343318425ap1951*
Diocese of Culiacán
1965584,769601,72597.2%25325710,259329688ap1967
1970902,995933,81196.7%10071078,4391131235ap1971
1976716,129753,81195.0%87878,231431640ap1977
1980825,000868,00095.0%9931028,088924943ap1981
19901,497,0001,613,00092.8%110311313,247936877ap1991
19992,181,8902,302,68094.8%129613516,1621132368ap2000
20002,193,4002,312,00094.9%130613616,1271028668ap2001
20012,215,9742,334,57894.9%134513915,94241030868ap2002
20022,238,3682,356,97295.0%130513516,58041029668ap2003
20032,255,5572,374,16295.0%146515114,93741029568ap2004
20042,273,7222,392,17195.0%149515414,7644929169ap2005
20062,319,0382,401,45396.6%149515415,0581027270ap2007
20131,843,9202,149,47985.8%175317810,35941020085ap2014
20161,881,4232,231,81884.3%181618710,06131621188ap2017
20191,938,6772,302,50084.2%177418110,710627220121ap2020
20211,797,4152,296,41478.3%17371809,9856910198121ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Culiacán
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 385
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 99, Page 57, to Page 60

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