Diocese of Tarahumara Dioecesis Tarahumarensis Diócesis de Tarahumara | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Chihuahua |
Metropolitan | Guachochi |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,110 sq mi (31,400 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 306,000 296,000 (96.7%) |
Parishes | 15 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 23 June 1958 (66 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Constancio Miranda Weckmann |
Map | |
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