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Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan

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Country
  
Mexico

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
13,105 km²

Parishes
  
26

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alberto Suárez Inda

Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 718,000 646,000 (90%)

Established
  
30 April 1962 (54 years ago)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia, Apatzingán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan (Latin: Dioecesis Apatzinganiensis) (erected 30 April 1962) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Morelia. Along with the Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, it lost territory in 1985 to form the Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas.

Contents

Ordinaries

  • Victorino Alvarez Tena (1962 -1974)
  • José Fernández Arteaga (1974 -1980)
  • Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M.S.F. (1981 - )

    • Episcopal See

  • Apatzingan, Michoacán

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan Wikipedia
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