Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Las Casas | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tuxtla |
Metropolitan | San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,740 sq mi (22,600 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,691,000 1,346,000 (79.6%) |
Parishes | 52 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 March 1539 (485 years ago) |
Cathedral | Saint Mark's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
Auxiliary Bishops | Luis Manuel López Alfaro |
Bishops emeritus | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel |
Map | |
Website | |
ualcor.wix.com/dscl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas ( Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas) (erected 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas, [1] renamed 27 October 1964) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. [2] [3] In November 2017 Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez was appointed new bishop on the resignation of Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel. [4]
Erected: 19 March 1539
Name Changed: 27 October 1964
In 1543 Las Casas was named bishop of Chiapa (later renamed Chiapas) in southern Mexico, a see that was very large, covering much of southern Mexico, Yucatán, and parts of Guatemala.
Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Las Casas | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tuxtla |
Metropolitan | San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,740 sq mi (22,600 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,691,000 1,346,000 (79.6%) |
Parishes | 52 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 March 1539 (485 years ago) |
Cathedral | Saint Mark's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
Auxiliary Bishops | Luis Manuel López Alfaro |
Bishops emeritus | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel |
Map | |
Website | |
ualcor.wix.com/dscl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas ( Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas) (erected 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas, [1] renamed 27 October 1964) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. [2] [3] In November 2017 Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez was appointed new bishop on the resignation of Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel. [4]
Erected: 19 March 1539
Name Changed: 27 October 1964
In 1543 Las Casas was named bishop of Chiapa (later renamed Chiapas) in southern Mexico, a see that was very large, covering much of southern Mexico, Yucatán, and parts of Guatemala.