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Suffragan diocese Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico

Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas

Latin rite diocese on the Pacific coast of Michoacan, Mexico, erected 11 October 1985. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Morelia. Its seat is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Christ the King, in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico.

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Established
1985
Catholics
725,000
Priests
47
Territory
14,885 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Armando Antonio Ortiz Aguirre
Born
17 February 1952
Birthplace
Guanajuato

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, 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.

History

A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. The bishop's cathedra rests in the Cathedral of Christ the King in the see city of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.