Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa

Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis

Diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa
Catedral de la Ascunsión
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Acapulco
MetropolitanChilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero
Statistics
Area7,713 sq mi (19,980 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2007)
923,000
845,000 (91.5%)
Parishes78
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established16 March 1863 (161 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of the Assumption
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé de Jesús González Hernández
Bishops emeritusAlejo Zavala Castro
Salvador Rangel Mendoza
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Latin: Dioecesis Chilpancingensis–Chilapensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Acapulco.

History

The former Diocese of Chilapa in southern Mexico comprised the State of Guerrero. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico, and existed under that name from 1863 to 1989.

The early bishops were Ambrosia Serrano, Ramon Ibarra, and Homobono Anaya.[1]

John Ssenyondo, a priest in Chilapa, also served under the dictatorship of Idi Amin in his native Uganda. He has been called "The Indiana Jones of the Faith." He was kidnapped and found dead near the town of Ocotlán in 2014.[2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

See also

External links and references

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  1. ^ Montes de Oca y Obregón, J. (1908). "Diocese of Chilapa" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3.
  2. ^ Sipse, Redacción (2014-12-22). "El cura ugandés que tenía una cita con una bala... y fue en Guerrero". sipse.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Montes de Oca y Obregón, J. (1908). "Diocese of Chilapa". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3.


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