Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Chilpancingo-Chilapa | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa |
Country: | Mexico |
Metropolitan: | Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero |
Province: | Province of Acapulco |
Area Sqmi: | 7,713 |
Population: | 923,000 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Catholics: | 845,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 91.5 |
Parishes: | 78 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 16 March 1863 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption |
Cocathedral: | Co-Cathedral of the Assumption |
Bishop: | José de Jesús González Hernández |
Emeritus Bishops: | Alejo Zavala Castro Salvador Rangel Mendoza |
Map: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapas in Mexico.jpg |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Latin: Dioecesis Chilpancingensis–Chilapensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Acapulco.
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]
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