Diocese of Azcapotzalco Dioecesis Azcapotzalcensis Diócesis de Azcapotzalco | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mexico |
Metropolitan | México |
Statistics | |
Area | 80.8 km2 (31.2 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2019) 1,000,000 850,000 (85%) |
Parishes | 59 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 September 2019 (2 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Philip and James |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Aguiar Retes |
Website | |
https://diocesisazcapotzalco.org/ |
The Diocese of Azcapotzalco (Latin: Dioecesis Azcapotzalcensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. [1] [2]
It was erected on 28 September 2019 with its territory having been carved from the Archdiocese of Mexico. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mexico and covers 59 parishes with 850,000 Catholics. [3]
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