Diocese of Aguascalientes
de Aguas Calientes
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aguascalientes, Mexico
Latin-rite diocese in central Mexico, erected in 1899 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption in Aguascalientes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 August 1899
- Latin
- de Aguas Calientes
- Annuario code
- 001000613
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,599,000
- Population
- 1,622,000
- Catholic share
- 98.6%
- Priests
- 357
- Catholics per priest
- 4,479
- Extent
- 11,204 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 143
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
- Juan Espinoza Jimenez
- Born
- 11 May 1965
- Birthplace
- La Piedad Michoacan
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, Aguascalientes stands in Aguascalientes, 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 Guadalajara
A suffragan of Guadalajara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuadalajaraAhualulco de Mercado
- Diocese of AutlánAhuacapán
- Diocese of Ciudad GuzmánCiudad Guzmán
- Diocese of ColimaAlcaraces
- Diocese of Jesús MaríaGuadalupe Ocotán
- Diocese of San Juan de los LagosSan Juan de los Lagos
- Diocese of TepicTepic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 27 August 1899, the Diocese of Aguascalientes (Latin: Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes) belongs to the Latin Church in Mexico and serves as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
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].