Diocese of Tlapa
Tlapen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tlapa, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, Mexico, erected on 4 January 1992. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Acapulco and its seat is the Cathedral of St. Augustine.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 January 1992
- Latin
- Tlapen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003237
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 436,000
- Population
- 502,000
- Catholic share
- 86.9%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 7,786
- Extent
- 16,006 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga
- Born
- 15 April 1955
- Birthplace
- Aquixtla
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 St. Augustine stands in Tlapa, 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 Acapulco
A suffragan of Acapulco.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcapulcoAcapulco
- Diocese of Chilpancingo–ChilapaAcamixtla
- Diocese of Ciudad AltamiranoAjuchitlán del Progreso
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Anexo a Catedral, Calle Fonseca s/n, 41304 Tlapa de Comonfort, Gro., México
- Telephone
- [757]476-36-75
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].