Archdiocese of Durango
Durangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Abasolo, Durango, Mexico
The Archdiocese of Durango is a Latin Church metropolitan see in northern Mexico, erected as a diocese in 1620 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1891. It is the metropolitan for the suffragan sees of Gomez Palacio, Mazatlan, Torreon, and the Prelature of El Salto.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 September 1620
- Latin
- Durangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001337
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,640,000
- Population
- 1,785,000
- Catholic share
- 91.9%
- Priests
- 188
- Catholics per priest
- 8,723
- Extent
- 109,463 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Archbishop
- Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez
- Born
- 23 July 1955
- Birthplace
- Magdalena de Kino
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 Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Abasolo, 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 Durango
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of El SaltoCanelas
- Diocese of Gómez PalacioBermejillo
- Diocese of MazatlánAgua Verde
- Diocese of TorreónTorreón
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Durango, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango (Latin: Archidioecesis Durangensis) is a metropolitan see in Mexico, presiding over the suffragan dioceses of Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán and Torreón along with the Territorial Prelature of El Salto.
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].