Suffragan diocese Acamixtla, Guerrero, Mexico
Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa
Chilpancingen(sis)-Chilapen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin Catholic diocese in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, erected as the Diocese of Chilapa in 1863 and renamed in 1989, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Acapulco. Bishop Jose de Jesus Gonzalez Hernandez has led the see since 2022.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1863
- Catholics
- 1,032,881
- Priests
- 135
- Territory
- 19,977 km²
Parishes and churches
87 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa AnaTlaxmalacView parish
- Santa AnitaZumpangoView parish
- Santa CruzChilpancingoView parish
- Santa CruzEl OcotitoView parish
- Santa CruzIguala de la IndependenciaView parish
- Santa CruzTetipacView parish
- Santa CruzTonalapa del SurView parish
- Santa CruzZacatlancilloView parish
- Santa GertrudisChilapaView parish
- Santa Prisca y San SebastiánTaxcoMass times recorded
- Santiago ApóstolDos CaminosView parish
- Santiago ApóstolHueycantenangoView parish
- Santiago ApóstolHuitzucoView parish
- Santiago ApóstolNoxtepecView parish
- Santiago ApóstolOxtotitlánView parish
- Santiago ApóstolQuechultenangoView parish
- Santiago ApóstolTlacotepecView parish
- Santiago ApóstolZumpangoView parish
- Señor de ChalmaIguala de la IndependenciaMass times recorded
- Señor de ChalmaMayanalánView parish
- Señor de la Buena MuerteLa ConcepciónView parish
- Señor de la MisericordiaLos SaucesView parish
- Señor San JoséChilapaView parish
- Señor San JoséChilpancingoView parish
- Señor San JoséCopalilloView parish
- Señor San JoséMazatlánView parish
- Señor San JoséNejapaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José de Jesús González Hernández
- Born
- 25 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Etzatlán
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Acamixtla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of the Assumption.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Acapulco, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa carries the Latin title Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis.