Archdiocese of Chihuahua
Chihuahuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Chihuahua, Mexico
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Mexico, erected as the Diocese of Chihuahua on 23 June 1891 and elevated to an archdiocese on 22 November 1958. Its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Our Lady of Regla and St. Francis of Assisi in the city of Chihuahua. Its suffragans are Ciudad Juarez, Cuauhtemoc-Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Parral and Tarahumara.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1891
- Latin
- Chihuahuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001129
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,176,000
- Population
- 1,321,000
- Catholic share
- 89.0%
- Priests
- 172
- Catholics per priest
- 6,837
- Extent
- 73,983 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Constancio Miranda Weckmann
- Born
- 15 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Las Cruces
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Our Lady of Regla and St. Francis of Assisi stands in Chihuahua, 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 Chihuahua
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ciudad JuárezCiudad Ahumada
- Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–MaderaAnáhuac
- Diocese of Nuevo Casas GrandesAbdenago C. García
- Diocese of ParralParral
- Diocese of TarahumaraTarahumara
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].