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Diocese of Ecatepec

Ecatepecen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in the densely populated Ecatepec area of the State of Mexico, erected 5 February 1979. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ecatepec de Morelos.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
28 June 1995
Latin
Ecatepecen(sis)
Patron
San Cristóbal de Licia, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Annuario code
001001342

The see in figures

Catholics
3,400,000
Population
4,300,000
Catholic share
79.1%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
152
Catholics per priest
22,368
Extent
202 km²
Catholics per km²
16,832

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
Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos
Born
19 January 1960
Birthplace
León (Messico)

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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Ecatepec, 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 Tlalnepantla

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

With its see city at Ecatepec de Morelos in the state of Mexico, the Diocese of Ecatepec (Latin: Dioecesis Ecatepecensis) was erected on 28 June 1995 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

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.

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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].