Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara

The Diocese of Tarahumara (Latin: Dioecesis Tarahumarensis, Spanish: diócesis de Tarahumara ) is a location in Mexico Roman Catholic diocese based in Guachochi.

History

The Diocese of Tarahumara was on May 6, in 1950, Pope Pius XII. out of territory of the Diocese of Chihuahua as a mission sui juris Tarahumara built. The mission sui juris Tarahumara was on 23 June 1958 under Pius XII. charged with the Apostolic Constitution Si qua inter Apostolic Vicariate.

On 20 December 1993, the Apostolic Vicariate of Tarahumara eat was raised by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum to the diocese and the Archdiocese of Chihuahua is a suffragan.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Tarahumara

  • Salvador Martínez Aguirre SJ, 1958-1973
  • José Alberto Llaguno Farias SJ, 1975-1992

Bishops of Tarahumara

  • José Luis Martínez Dibildox, 1993-2003, then Bishop of Tampico
  • Rafael Sandoval Sandoval MNM, since 2005
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