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Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

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Parishes
  
42

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Mexico

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
73,703 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Territory
  
State of Baja California Sur.

Metropolitan
  
La Paz, Baja California Sur

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)512,170512.200 (95.7%)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana, La Paz

The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur (Latin: Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali) (erected 21 March 1988) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006.

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Ordinaries

Prefecture Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

  • Juan Giordani, F.S.C.J. (1958 - )
  • Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1972 -1976)

    • Vicariate Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

  • Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1976 -1988)

    • Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

  • Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1988 -1989)
  • Braulio Rafael León Villegas (1990 -1999)
  • Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz (2001 - )

    • Episcopal See

  • La Paz, Baja California Sur

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur Wikipedia
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