Suffragan diocese Ciudad de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Diocese of Xochimilco

Xochimilcen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Xochimilco is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Mexico City, erected on 28 September 2019 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico. Its second and current bishop, Juan Maria Huerta Muro O.F.M., took possession on 19 March 2025.

On the map

The address the register holds for San Bernardino de Siena, Xochimilco, in Ciudad de México, Mexico.

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Established: 2019
Catholics: 655,000
Priests: 61
Territory: 433 km²

Parishes and churches

46 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop: Juan María Huerta Muro
Born: 9 April 1962
Birthplace: Guadalajara
Institute: ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI

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The cathedral

San Bernardino de Siena, Xochimilco stands in Ciudad de México, 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.

History

Among the Latin Church dioceses of the Catholic Church in Mexico is the Diocese of Xochimilco (Latin: Dioecesis Xochimilcensis).

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 28 September 2019
Latin: Xochimilcen(sis)
Annuario code: 001005098

The see in figures

Catholics: 655,000
Population: 987,176
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 66.4%
Priests: 61
Catholics per priest: 10,738
Extent: 433 km²
Catholics per km²: 1,513

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The province of Mexico

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mexico.

The sees of this province:

Archdiocese of Mexico CityCiudad de Mexico
Diocese of AzcapotzalcoCiudad de México
Diocese of IztapalapaCiudad de México

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

Sees near here

Diocese of IztapalapaCiudad de México7 km
Archdiocese of Mexico CityCiudad de Mexico19 km
Diocese of Valle de ChalcoValle de Chalco21 km
Diocese of AzcapotzalcoCiudad de México26 km
Archdiocese of TlalnepantlaAtizapán32 km
Diocese of TexcocoCamelias36 km
Diocese of EcatepecEcatepec38 km
Diocese of CuernavacaAcapantzingo40 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].