Diocese of Irapuato
Irapuaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Irapuato, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, erected 3 January 2004. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Leon. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude in Irapuato.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 2004
- Latin
- Irapuaten(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen de la Soledad
- Annuario code
- 001001671
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,077,110
- Population
- 1,094,160
- Catholic share
- 98.4%
- Priests
- 202
- Catholics per priest
- 5,332
- Extent
- 4,776 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 226
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
- Enrique Diaz Diaz
- Born
- 13 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Huandacareo
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 Our Lady of Solitude stands in Irapuato, 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 Leon
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Leon.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LeónLeón
- Diocese of CelayaCelaya
- Diocese of QuerétaroQuerétaro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In southern Mexico, the Diocese of Irapuato (Latin: Dioecesis Irapuatensis) belongs to the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of León as a Latin suffragan see. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad at Irapuato, Guanajuato.
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].