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Metropolitan see Abasolo, Durango, Mexico

Archdiocese of Durango

Durangen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
Abasolo, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1620
Catholics
1,640,000
Priests
188
Territory
109,463 km²

Parishes and churches

115 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez
Born
23 July 1955
Birthplace
Magdalena de Kino

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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.

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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.

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