Parishes 61 | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 4,776 km² Metropolitan archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)1,094,1601,077,110 (98.4%) Established 3 January 2004 (13 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León, Irapuato | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato (Latin: Dioecesis Irapuatensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of León in southern Mexico.
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Its cathedral Episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, at Irapuato, Guanajuato.
History
Established on 3 January 2004 as Diocese of Irapuato / Irapuaten(sis) (Latin adjective), on territories split off from the Diocese of León and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. It was a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,427,998 Catholics (98.4% of 1,451,090 total) on 4,775 km² in 68 parishes and 38 missions with 168 priests (123 diocesan, 45 religious), 2 deacons, 278 lay religious (50 brothers, 228 sisters) and 75 seminarians.
Episcopal Ordinaries
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