Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua

The Archdiocese of Chihuahua (Latin: Archidioecesis chihuahuensis, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Chihuahua ) is a location in Mexico Roman Catholic archdiocese headquartered in Chihuahua.

History

The Diocese of Chihuahua was posted on June 23, 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution in primis illud out of territory of the Archdiocese of Durango and this is a suffragan. On May 6, 1950, the Diocese of Chihuahua were parts of its territory establishing the mission sui juris from Tarahumara. Another area assignment on April 10, 1957 establishing the similitudinem In Christ built with the Apostolic Constitution Diocese of Ciudad Juárez.

On November 22, 1958, the Diocese of Chihuahua by Pope John XXIII. charged with the Apostolic Constitution Supremi muneris Nostri the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Chihuahua was on 25 April 1966 from parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution in Christ similitudinem built Territorialprälatur Madera. A further transfer of territory on 11 May 1992 on the establishment of the built with the Apostolic Constitution Qui de ecclesiis Diocese of Parral. On November 17, 1995, the Archdiocese of Chihuahua of the Apostolic Constitution Cum Praelatura gave the following parts of its territory to the bishopric of Cuauhtémoc - Madera.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chihuahua

  • José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez, 1893-1901, then Archbishop of Guadalajara
  • Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría, 1902-1919
  • Antonio Guízar y Valencia, 1920-1958

Archbishops of Chihuahua

  • Antonio Guízar y Valencia, 1958-1969
  • Adalberto Almeida y Merino, 1969-1991
  • José Fernández Arteaga, 1991-2009
  • Constancio Miranda Weckmann, since 2009
Vicar general Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes Roman Catholic Diocese of Parral Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara Chihuahua, Chihuahua Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara Acta Apostolicae Sedis Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hermosillo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tulancingo
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