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Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa

Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 20 October 1989
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Acapulco
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Guerrero
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 19,860 (7,670 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sur
  • Official Web Site: https://chilapensis.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Avenida de los Gobernadores 75, Col. La Virgen, 39080 Chilpancingo, Gro., México
  • Telephone: (747)471-05-92; 116-27-78
  • Fax: 491-64-12

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Chilapa
16 March 1863ErectedArchdiocese of Michoacán
Archdiocese of México
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Diocese of Chilapa (erected)
18 March 1958Territory LostDiocese of Chilapa (Coahuayutla, La Unión, Petatlán, Tecpán, Atoyac, Benito Juárez, Coyuca de Benítez, Acapulco, San Marcos, Tecoanapa, Ayutla, Florencio Villareal, Cauatepec , Cópala, San Luis Acatlán, Azoyú, Cuajinicuilapa, Igualapa, Ometepec, Tlacoachistlahuaca, and ...) Diocese of Acapulco (erected)
27 October 1964Territory LostDiocese of Acapulco (La Union, Coahuayutla, and Zihuatanejo)
Diocese of Chilapa (Zirandaro, Coyuca-de-Catalan, Pungarabato or Ciudad Altamirano, Cutzamala, Tlapehuala, Tlalchapa, Ajuchitlan, San Miguel Totolapan, and Arcelia)
Diocese of Toluca (Tlatlaya, Amatepec, Tejupilco, Sultepec, Otzoloapan, and Zacazonapan)
Diocese of Tacámbaro (San Lucas and Huetamo)
Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano (erected)
4 October 1968Territory LostDiocese of Chilapa (Tetcicapán) Diocese of Toluca
10 February 1983Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Chilapa (from México)
Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
20 October 1989Name ChangedDiocese of Chilapa Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
4 January 1992Territory LostDiocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa (Tlapa, Alcozauca, Alpoyeca, Atlamajalcingo dei Monte, Atlixtàc, Copanatoyac, Cualàc, Huamuxtitlàn, Malinaltepec, Metlatonoc, Olinalà, Tlacoapa, Tlalixtaquilla, Xalpatelahuac, Xochihuehuetlàn, and Zapotitlàn Tablas) Diocese of Tlapa (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Chilapa
1950815,000820,00099.4%1221226,6804780ap1951
1966550,000562,00097.9%9781055,238811366ap1967
1970713,522752,52294.8%1181186,04659ap1971
1976805,500996,70080.8%11061166,943615373ap1977
19801,310,0001,405,00093.2%119612510,480912178ap1981
Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
19901,503,0001,550,00097.0%122813011,561814883ap1991
1997872,869969,52190.0%98141127,793142887ap2001
2001825,000900,00091.7%106141206,875142891ap2002
2002825,000900,00091.7%116211376,0211211282ap2003
2003825,000900,00091.7%118161346,1561617086ap2004
2004825,000900,00091.7%123161395,9351617089ap2005
2006836,000913,00091.6%138161545,4281617073ap2007
2011889,000973,00091.4%125161416,30411618875ap2014
2016889,000973,00091.4%133161495,9661614696ap2017
20191,004,0001,325,70075.7%13091397,22311014494ap2020
20211,032,8811,600,20064.5%135101457,1231013297ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Chilapa
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 144
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 597, and Page 598
  • Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 1,646, and Page 1,647

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