Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Sancti Christophori de las Casas
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Altamirano, Chiapas, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in Chiapas, Mexico, originally erected in 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas and renamed in 1964. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, with its see at the Cathedral of San Cristóbal.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1539
- Latin
- Sancti Christophori de las Casas
- Annuario code
- 001002883
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,346,000
- Population
- 1,691,000
- Catholic share
- 79.6%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 9,825
- Extent
- 22,637 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 59
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
- Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez
- Born
- 13 March 1952
- Birthplace
- Valle de Santiago
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
Catedral de San Cristóbal stands in Altamirano, 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 Tuxtla Gutiérrez
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas and renamed on 27 October 1964, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla, with its see at San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. In November 2017, following the resignation of Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez was appointed the new bishop.
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].