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Suffragan diocese Cancún-Chetumal, Mexico

Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal

Cancunen(sis)-Chetumalien(sis)

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese covering the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Erected 23 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI as the Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, renamed Cancun-Chetumal in 1996, and elevated to a diocese by Pope Francis on 15 February 2020. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan, with the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Cancun and a co-cathedral in Chetumal.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, in Cancún-Chetumal, Mexico.

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Established
1970
Catholics
1,040,214
Priests
134
Territory
50,862 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Salvador Gonzalez Morales
Born
20 December 1971
Birthplace
Ciudad de México

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity stands in Cancún-Chetumal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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History

Raised from the rank of territorial prelature on 15 February 2020, the Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal (Latin: Dioecesis Cancunensis-Chetumaliensis) is a suffragan see within the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán.

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