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Diocese of Tarahumara

Dioecesis Tarahumarensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 20 December 1993
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Chihuahua
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Chihuahua
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 31,354 (12,110 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Cascada s/n, Col. Altavista, 33180 Guachochi, Chih., México
  • Telephone: (649)543-08-82
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara
6 May 1950ErectedDiocese of Chihuahua Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara
23 June 1958ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara
11 May 1992Territory LostArchdiocese of Chihuahua (Allende, Balleza, Coronado, El Tule, Hidalgo del Parral, Huejotitán, Jiménez, López, Matamoros, Rosario, San Francisco del Oro, Santa Barbara, and Valle de Zaragoza)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara (Guadalupe y Calvo and Atascaderos (from Guadalupe y Calvo))
Diocese of Parral (erected)
Diocese of Tarahumara
20 December 1993ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara Diocese of Tarahumara

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara
1966121,600125,00097.3%19196,400351061ap1967
1970130,000133,61797.3%1919383,42126294ap1971
1976147,000150,00098.0%520255,8804083ap1977
1980154,000174,00088.5%1018285,5003792ap1981
1990160,000164,00097.6%1716334,84813213516ap1991
Diocese of Tarahumara
1999250,725253,45098.9%1421357,1633311114ap2000
2000261,700264,52098.9%1321347,6973411214ap2001
2001265,320270,81598.0%1322357,5803411414ap2002
2002267,815275,30097.3%1222347,8763510814ap2003
2003271,300280,80696.6%1420347,9793210614ap2004
2004275,600285,30096.6%1420348,1053210614ap2005
2010296,000306,00096.7%1922417,2193111415ap2011
2014307,000317,00096.8%2421456,8222814316ap2015
2017340,170390,87087.0%18133110,97342611716ap2018
2020170,137202,81783.9%1719364,72642112415ap2021
2022173,000206,00084.0%1216286,17822111817ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 261, and Page 262
  • Diocese of Tarahumara
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 310, and Page 311

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