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Diocese of Querétaro

Dioecesis Queretarensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 26 January 1863
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of León
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Querétaro
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 15,326 (5,919 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Bajío
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisqro.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Reforma 48, 76000 Querétaro, Qro., México
  • Telephone: (442)224-07-38; 214-62-02

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
26 January 1863ErectedDiocese of Michoacán
Archdiocese of México
Diocese of Querétaro (erected)
5 November 1988Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Querétaro (From Morelia (Mexico) to San Luis Potosi (Mexico))
25 November 2006Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Querétaro (from San Luis Potos¡)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950280,600281,00099.9%8710972,8926022035ap1951
1965422,083422,61299.9%124381622,60513539953ap1967
1970521,795523,90099.6%133391723,0337544366ap1971
1976566,000595,00095.1%136642002,83012739450ap1977
1980715,000735,00097.3%125621873,82313037754ap1981
19901,599,1961,681,78695.1%147972446,554127459076ap1991
19991,578,3841,581,38499.8%1681002685,8892391,48086ap2000
20001,578,8341,582,15999.8%1701002705,8472231,48088ap2001
20011,578,8341,582,15999.8%1741002745,7622231,48088ap2002
20021,615,2231,618,54899.8%1651002656,0952121,48091ap2003
20031,677,5481,682,54899.7%184962805,9911511,05092ap2004
20041,643,5321,730,03495.0%193962895,6861361,11094ap2005
20101,809,0001,856,00097.5%2201183385,352189882109ap2011
20142,140,8262,279,89993.9%2361163526,081168938113ap2015
20172,222,9002,444,64090.9%2431283715,991216787115ap2018
20202,426,5762,660,85591.2%2331273606,7403199891117ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 163
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 81, Page 156, and Page 157
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 99, Page 57, to Page 60

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