Suffragan diocese La Paz en la Baja California Sur, Mexico
Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
Pacien(sis) in California Inferiore Meridionali
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico, erected as a diocese on 21 March 1988. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace in La Paz.
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- Established
- 1988
- Catholics
- 512,200
- Priests
- 94
- Territory
- 73,703 km²
Parishes and churches
33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- SANTA BÁRBARASanta RosalíaView parish
- SANTA MARÍA GORETTICiudad De La PazView parish
- TODOS LOS SANTOSCiudad De La PazView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Miguel Angel Espinoza Garza
- Born
- 26 April 1966
- Birthplace
- San Nicolás de los Garza
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace stands in La Paz en la Baja California Sur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur (Latin: Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali) was erected on 21 March 1988. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006, it now belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. La Paz has a longer episcopal history: between 1874 and 1939 it was the seat of the apostolic vicariate of Baja California, which later became the present Diocese of Tijuana, and in 1957 it became the seat of the apostolic prefecture of La Paz, raised to an apostolic vicariate in 1976 and to a diocese in 1988.