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Diocese of Mazatlán

Dioecesis Mazatlanensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 November 1958
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Durango
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Sinaloa
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 19,105 (7,379 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Vizcaya-Pacifico
  • Mailing Address: Apartado 1, Canizales y Benito Juárez, 82000 Mazatlán, Sin., México
  • Telephone: (669)981-04-28
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 November 1958ErectedArchdiocese 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)
10 June 1968Territory LostArchdiocese of Durango (Pueblo Nuevo)
Diocese of Mazatlán (Tamazula, Topia, Canelas, Santa Maria Otaez, and San Dimas along with San Andres de la Sierra (in Santiago Papasquiaro))
Territorial Prelature of El Salto (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1965331,262.0%429510911021ap1967
1968308,814312,00099.0%469555,614911518ap1971
1976336,000350,00096.0%567635,333816422ap1977
1980347,000354,00098.0%62625,59619628ap1981
1990597,000615,81296.9%688767,855911636ap1991
1999660,680710,41193.0%6510758,8091014238ap2000
2000671,400722,00793.0%6610768,8341113738ap2001
2001682,100733,44593.0%688768,975913538ap2002
2002692,000744,17793.0%777848,238814740ap2003
2003702,171755,02393.0%737808,777812840ap2004
2004711,691765,24893.0%707779,242713740ap2005
2013774,000835,00092.7%798878,896910648ap2014
2016906,565992,47091.3%8278910,186811750ap2017
2019922,1301,009,32091.4%8379010,245811550ap2020
2021914,623975,42893.8%8479110,050811651ap2022

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 51, Page 406, to Page 408

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