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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) | |||
19 March 1539 | Erected | Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) (erected) |
12 February 1546 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) (From Seville (Spain) to Mexico (Mexico)) | |
19 June 1957 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) | Diocese of Tapachula (erected) |
27 October 1964 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) | Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (erected) |
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas | |||
27 October 1964 | Name Changed | Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) | Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
25 November 2006 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (from Antequera, Oaxaca) |
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 Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) | ||||||||||||
1949 | 623,641 | 628,498 | 99.2% | 30 | 30 | 20,788 | 46 | 40 | ap1951 | |||
1958 | 609,092 | 625,163 | 97.4% | 33 | 4 | 37 | 16,461 | 7 | 52 | 32 | ap1960 | |
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas | ||||||||||||
1966 | 611,000 | 637,500 | 95.8% | 33 | 20 | 53 | 11,528 | 28 | 89 | 27 | ap1967 | |
1968 | 611,000 | 637,500 | 95.8% | 60 | 25 | 85 | 7,188 | 37 | 107 | 29 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 756,400 | 787,950 | 96.0% | 38 | 27 | 65 | 11,636 | 47 | 135 | 39 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 840,000 | 908,000 | 92.5% | 34 | 27 | 61 | 13,770 | 43 | 144 | 38 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 870,500 | 1,200,000 | 72.5% | 35 | 27 | 62 | 14,040 | 69 | 48 | 180 | 50 | ap1991 |
1999 | 974,336 | 1,454,233 | 67.0% | 25 | 31 | 56 | 17,398 | 311 | 41 | 157 | 44 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,186,846 | 1,543,245 | 76.9% | 24 | 30 | 54 | 21,978 | 336 | 44 | 205 | 38 | ap2001 |
2001 | 995,322 | 1,531,372 | 65.0% | 28 | 34 | 62 | 16,053 | 337 | 44 | 191 | 37 | ap2002 |
2002 | 995,322 | 1,531,372 | 65.0% | 37 | 36 | 73 | 13,634 | 342 | 55 | 209 | 46 | ap2003 |
2003 | 995,322 | 1,531,312 | 65.0% | 45 | 4 | 49 | 20,312 | 341 | 53 | 168 | 48 | ap2004 |
2004 | 995,322 | 1,707,059 | 58.3% | 46 | 38 | 84 | 11,849 | 340 | 58 | 190 | 51 | ap2005 |
2010 | 1,346,000 | 1,691,000 | 79.6% | 49 | 39 | 88 | 15,295 | 329 | 56 | 207 | 52 | ap2011 |
2014 | 1,339,000 | 1,752,000 | 76.4% | 67 | 41 | 108 | 12,398 | 316 | 46 | 244 | 57 | ap2015 |
2017 | 1,600,000 | 2,385,000 | 67.1% | 78 | 47 | 125 | 12,800 | 450 | 54 | 190 | 55 | ap2018 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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