Metropolitan Cancún Denomination Roman Catholic Area 50,862 km² Established 23 May 1970 | Parishes 35 Rite Roman Rite Country Mexico Parish 35 | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
1,200,000
950,000 (79.2%) Cathedral Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán, Cancún | ||
The Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cancunensis–Chetumaliensis) is a Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature and suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán.
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History
It was erected on 23 May 1970 as the Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, renamed 20 December 1996, as reflected in its double see-name.
It has a cathedral see, Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, in Cancun, and a co-cathedral, Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, in Chetumal, both in Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Episcopal incumbents
All its prelates were members of the Legion of Christ (L.C.)
References
Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA