Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–Madera
Cuauhtemocen(sis)-Materien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Anáhuac, Chihuahua, Mexico
The Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Originally erected as the Territorial Prelature of Madera in 1966, it was elevated to a diocese in 1995 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1995
- Latin
- Cuauhtemocen(sis)-Materien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001001241
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 353,296
- Population
- 383,374
- Catholic share
- 92.2%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 7,851
- Extent
- 37,418 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.4
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
- Jesús Omar Alemán Chávez
- Born
- 1 July 1970
- Birthplace
- Ciudad Cuauhtémoc
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
Catedral de San Antonio de Padua stands in Anáhuac, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cocatedral de San Pedro Apóstol.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Chihuahua
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chihuahua.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChihuahuaChihuahua
- Diocese of Ciudad JuárezCiudad Ahumada
- Diocese of Nuevo Casas GrandesAbdenago C. García
- Diocese of ParralParral
- Diocese of TarahumaraTarahumara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In northern Mexico, the Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera (Latin: Dioecesis Cuauhtemocensis-Materiensis) is a Latin suffragan within the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua. The episcopal seat is the Catedral de San Antonio, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua State. A second church, the Cocatedral de San Pedro in Madera (also in Chihuahua State), dedicated to Saint Peter and formerly the see of the territorial prelature of Madera, serves as Co-Cathedral.
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].