Archdiocese of Acapulco
Acapulcan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Acapulco, Mexico
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese on the Pacific coast of Guerrero, Mexico, erected as a diocese on 18 March 1958 and elevated to an archdiocese on 10 February 1983. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude in Acapulco, and its suffragans are Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Ciudad Altamirano and Tlapa.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1958
- Latin
- Acapulcan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000591
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,297,000
- Population
- 1,620,000
- Catholic share
- 80.1%
- Priests
- 115
- Catholics per priest
- 11,278
- Extent
- 18,609 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 70
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
- Leopoldo Gonzalez Gonzalez
- Born
- 31 October 1950
- Birthplace
- Abasolo
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 Solitude, Acapulco stands in Acapulco, 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 Acapulco
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Chilpancingo–ChilapaAcamixtla
- Diocese of Ciudad AltamiranoAjuchitlán del Progreso
- Diocese of TlapaTlapa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving Mexico's southwestern state of Guerrero, the Archdiocese of Acapulco (Latin: Archidioecesis Acapulcana) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin rite. Its seat is the Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, dedicated to Our Lady of Solitude, which stands in the port and resort city of Acapulco. Archbishop Leopoldo González González currently leads the archdiocese.
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].