Diocese of Gómez Palacio
Gomez Palacien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bermejillo, Durango, Mexico
The Diocese of Gómez Palacio is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Durango state, Mexico, erected on 25 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. It is led by Bishop Jorge Estrada Solórzano and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 November 2008
- Latin
- Gomez Palacien(sis)
- Patron
- N-D de Guadalupe
- Annuario code
- 001001502
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 521,000
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 9,830
- Extent
- 27,405 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Jorge Estrada Solórzano
- Born
- 27 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de México
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 Our Lady of Guadalupe stands in Bermejillo, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Durango.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DurangoAbasolo
- Diocese of El SaltoCanelas
- Diocese of MazatlánAgua Verde
- Diocese of TorreónTorreón
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].