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Diocese of Zacatecas

Dioecesis Zacatecensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 26 January 1863
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Zacatecas
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 59,015 (22,794 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Occidente
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesisdezacatecas.com/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Apartado 1, Miguel Auza 219, 98000 Zacatecas, Zac., México
  • Telephone: (492)922-65-37; 922-02-32
  • Fax: 922-23-42

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
26 January 1863ErectedArchdiocese of Guadalajara Diocese of Zacatecas (erected)
17 February 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Aguascalientes
Diocese of Zacatecas
13 January 1962Territory LostDiocese of Colima
Archdiocese of Durango
Diocese of Zacatecas
Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar) (erected)
25 November 2006Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Zacatecas (from Guadalajara)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950557,000561,52199.2%11911204,64155ap1951
1965616,151620,15199.4%22042242,750434845ap1967
1968616,151620,15199.4%20142053,0051838052ap1971
1976829,717846,65098.0%18331864,4602331090ap1977
1980874,000919,00095.1%18041844,750834886ap1981
19901,300,0001,400,00092.9%17641807,222835097ap1991
19991,040,7831,085,00095.9%17151765,913739997ap2000
20001,150,0001,200,00095.8%18351886,1172639097ap2001
20011,200,0001,300,00092.3%18751926,2503240397ap2002
20021,300,0001,350,00096.3%19051956,66626380101ap2003
20031,300,0001,350,00096.3%18851936,73527380103ap2004
20041,300,0001,350,00096.3%19171986,56517375104ap2005
20081,124,0001,380,00081.4%20172085,40330407108ap2011
20141,182,0001,445,00081.8%223102335,07213413109ap2015
20171,123,8741,183,02695.0%233102434,62414429110ap2018
20201,157,6001,218,80095.0%23292414,80312363112ap2021

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 167
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 225, to Page 227
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 99, Page 57, to Page 60

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