Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Chihuahua | |||
23 June 1891 | Erected | Diocese of Durango | Diocese of Chihuahua (erected) |
6 May 1950 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chihuahua | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara (erected) |
10 April 1957 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chihuahua | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (erected) |
Archdiocese of Chihuahua | |||
22 November 1958 | Elevated | Diocese of Chihuahua | Archdiocese of Chihuahua |
25 April 1966 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Chihuahua
Diocese of Ciudad Juárez Diocese of Ciudad Obregón | Territorial Prelature of Madera (erected) |
11 May 1992 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Chihuahua | Diocese of Parral (erected) |
17 November 1995 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Chihuahua
Territorial Prelature of Madera | Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera (Name Changed and Elevated to a Diocese) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of Chihuahua | ||||||||||||
1950 | 815,000 | 836,000 | 97.5% | 61 | 33 | 94 | 8,670 | 33 | 210 | 53 | ap1951 | |
Archdiocese of Chihuahua | ||||||||||||
1966 | 610,500 | 667,901 | 91.4% | 87 | 21 | 108 | 5,652 | 27 | 329 | 41 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 768,000 | 799,902 | 96.0% | 107 | 23 | 130 | 5,907 | 37 | 346 | 49 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 963,360 | 999,336 | 96.4% | 85 | 23 | 108 | 8,920 | 28 | 289 | 55 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 1,037,491 | 1,090,718 | 95.1% | 81 | 18 | 99 | 10,479 | 27 | 264 | 54 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 1,940,438 | 2,180,374 | 89.0% | 88 | 23 | 111 | 17,481 | 12 | 36 | 226 | 65 | ap1991 |
1999 | 935,701 | 1,039,668 | 90.0% | 86 | 30 | 116 | 8,066 | 9 | 39 | 175 | 53 | ap2000 |
2000 | 954,415 | 1,060,461 | 90.0% | 85 | 31 | 116 | 8,227 | 9 | 43 | 182 | 61 | ap2001 |
2001 | 973,503 | 1,081,670 | 90.0% | 77 | 31 | 108 | 9,013 | 8 | 44 | 189 | 62 | ap2002 |
2002 | 992,973 | 1,103,303 | 90.0% | 85 | 32 | 117 | 8,486 | 8 | 45 | 188 | 62 | ap2003 |
2003 | 990,326 | 1,125,370 | 88.0% | 86 | 29 | 115 | 8,611 | 8 | 37 | 190 | 62 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,010,133 | 1,285,624 | 78.6% | 78 | 28 | 106 | 9,529 | 8 | 33 | 192 | 62 | ap2005 |
2006 | 1,176,000 | 1,321,000 | 89.0% | 102 | 29 | 131 | 8,977 | 10 | 38 | 185 | 59 | ap2007 |
2013 | 1,385,649 | 1,487,937 | 93.1% | 119 | 27 | 146 | 9,490 | 8 | 33 | 161 | 66 | ap2014 |
2016 | 1,394,403 | 1,491,815 | 93.5% | 118 | 41 | 159 | 8,769 | 7 | 47 | 157 | 85 | ap2017 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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