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Archdiocese of Chihuahua

Archidioecesis Chihuahuensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 22 November 1958
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Chihuahua
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 53,958 (20,841 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte
  • Official Web Site: http://arquidiocesischihuahua.org/
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Av. Cuauhtémoc 1828, 31020 Chihuahua, Chih., México
  • Telephone: (614)410-32-02/3
  • Fax: 410-56-21

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Chihuahua
23 June 1891ErectedDiocese of Durango Diocese of Chihuahua (erected)
6 May 1950Territory LostDiocese of Chihuahua Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tarahumara (erected)
10 April 1957Territory LostDiocese of Chihuahua (Praxedis Guerrero, Guadalupe, Ojinaga. Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Casas Grandes, Ascensión, Janos, San Buenaventura, Galeana, Ignacio Zaragoza, Ahumada, Temosachic, Matachic, Namiquipa, Gómez Farias, Guerrero, Ocampo Moris, Juárez, Covarne and Benavides) Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (erected)
Archdiocese of Chihuahua
22 November 1958ElevatedDiocese of Chihuahua Archdiocese of Chihuahua
25 April 1966Territory LostArchdiocese of Chihuahua (Guerrero and Bachiniva)
Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (Madera, Temosachic, Matachic, Namiquipa, Moris, Ocampo, and Gómez Farias)
Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (Yécora)
Territorial Prelature of Madera (erected)
11 May 1992Territory LostArchdiocese of Chihuahua (Allende, Balleza, Coronado, El Tule, Hidalgo del Parral, Huejotitán, Jiménez, López, Matamoros, Rosario, San Francisco del Oro, Santa Barbara, and Valle de Zaragoza)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tarahumara (Guadalupe y Calvo and Atascaderos (from Guadalupe y Calvo))
Diocese of Parral (erected)
17 November 1995Territory LostArchdiocese of Chihuahua (Cuauhtémoc, Riva Palacio, and Cusihuiriachi)
Territorial Prelature of Madera
Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera (Name Changed and Elevated to a Diocese)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Chihuahua
1950815,000836,00097.5%6133948,6703321053ap1951
Archdiocese of Chihuahua
1966610,500667,90191.4%87211085,6522732941ap1967
1970768,000799,90296.0%107231305,9073734649ap1971
1976963,360999,33696.4%85231088,9202828955ap1977
19801,037,4911,090,71895.1%81189910,4792726454ap1981
19901,940,4382,180,37489.0%882311117,481123622665ap1991
1999935,7011,039,66890.0%86301168,06693917553ap2000
2000954,4151,060,46190.0%85311168,22794318261ap2001
2001973,5031,081,67090.0%77311089,01384418962ap2002
2002992,9731,103,30390.0%85321178,48684518862ap2003
2003990,3261,125,37088.0%86291158,61183719062ap2004
20041,010,1331,285,62478.6%78281069,52983319262ap2005
20061,176,0001,321,00089.0%102291318,977103818559ap2007
20131,385,6491,487,93793.1%119271469,49083316166ap2014
20161,394,4031,491,81593.5%118411598,76974715785ap2017
20191,465,6401,564,62893.7%123361599,217174115085ap2020
20211,557,1651,658,61593.9%130421729,053174313182ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Chihuahua
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 408, to Page 410

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