Diocese of Apatzingán
Apatzinganien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aguililla, Michoacan, Mexico
The Diocese of Apatzingan in Michoacan, Mexico was erected on 30 April 1962 and is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. Its current bishop, Cristobal Ascencio Garcia, has served since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1962
- Latin
- Apatzinganien(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000712
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 646,000
- Population
- 718,000
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 12,920
- Extent
- 13,105 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 49
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cristobal Ascencio Garcia
- Born
- 25 March 1955
- Birthplace
- El Josefino de Allende
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Apatzingan stands in Aguililla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Morelia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Morelia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MoreliaMorelia
- Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro CárdenasCiudad Lázaro Cárdenas
- Diocese of TacámbaroTacámbaro
- Diocese of ZamoraZamora
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Mexico, the Diocese of Apatzingan (Latin: Dioecesis Apatzinganiensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province headed by the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. The bishop's cathedra rests in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in the see city of Apatzingan, Michoacán.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].