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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara

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Country
  
Mexico

Parishes
  
15

Metropolitan
  
Guachochi

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara

Area
  
12,110 sq mi (31,400 km)

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 306,000 296,000 (96.7%)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Guachochi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara (Latin: Dioecesis Tarahumarensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua. It was erected as a mission sui juris in 1950 and was elevated, first to a vicariate apostolic in 1958, then to a diocese in 1993.

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Ordinaries

  • Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. (1958–1973)
  • José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. (1975–1992)
  • José Luis Dibildox Martínez (1993–2003)
  • Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (2005– )

    • Episcopal see

  • Guachochi, Chihuahua

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara Wikipedia
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