Roman Catholicism in Mexico

The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.

Organization

Mexico to Brazil is the country with the most Catholics worldwide. After giving Adveniat 93 % of the population are baptized Catholics.; as specified in the CIA Factbook, 76.5 % of Mexicans are Catholics.

The largest diocese, Mexico City, is one of 7.973 million Catholics. It is followed by the Archdioceses of Guadalajara and Monterrey with 6.504 million Catholics with 5.862 million Catholics. The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico is divided into 18 archdioceses and 73 belonging to suffragan dioceses. In Mexico there are 93 ecclesiastical jurisdiction units that are subdivided into 6,534 parishes (as of 2011 ).

Chairman of the Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (CEM ), the Mexican Episcopal Conference, Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes. Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico is Christophe Pierre.

Pope visits

Pope John Paul II visited in 1979, 1990, 1993, 1999 and 2002, Mexico.

Pope Benedict XVI. visited Mexico from 23 to 26 March 2012.

Dioceses in Mexico

  • Archdiocese of Acapulco: Diocese of Chilpancingo - Chilapa, Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, Diocese of Tlapa
  • Archdiocese of Antequera: Diocese of Puerto Escondido, Tehuantepec diocese, diocese Tuxtepec, Territorialprälatur Huautla, Territorialprälatur Mixes
  • Archdiocese of Chihuahua: Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Diocese of Cuauhtémoc - Madera, Diocese of Parral, Nuevo Casas Grandes diocese, Diocese of Tarahumara
  • Archdiocese of Durango: Diocese of Gómez Palacio, Diocese of Mazatlán, Diocese of Torreón, Territorialprälatur El Salto
  • Archdiocese of Guadalajara: Diocese of Aguascalientes, Autlán diocese, Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán, Diocese of Colima, Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Diocese of Tepic, Territorialprälatur Jesús María del Nayar
  • Archdiocese of Hermosillo: Diocese of Ciudad Obregón, Diocese of Culiacán
  • Archdiocese of Jalapa: Diocese of Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba Diocese, Diocese of Orizaba, Papantla Diocese, Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla, Diocese of Tuxpan, Veracruz diocese
  • Archdiocese of León: Diocese of Celaya, Irapuato diocese, Diocese of Querétaro
  • Archdiocese of Mexico: Atlacomulco diocese, the diocese of Cuernavaca, Tenancingo diocese, Diocese of Toluca
  • Archdiocese of Monterrey: Diocese of Ciudad Victoria, Diocese of Linares, Diocese of Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo diocese, Diocese of Piedras Negras, Diocese of Saltillo, Diocese of Tampico
  • Archdiocese of Morelia: Apatzingán diocese, the diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Tacámbaro diocese, diocese of Zamora
  • Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles: Diocese Huajuapan de Leon, Diocese of Tehuacán, Diocese of Tlaxcala
  • Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí: Diocese of Ciudad Valles, Matehuala diocese, diocese of Zacatecas
  • Archdiocese of Tijuana Ensenada diocese, diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, Diocese of Mexicali
  • Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla: Cuautitlán diocese, Diocese of Ecatepec, Netzahualcóyotl diocese, diocese of Teotihuacan, Diocese of Texcoco, Diocese of Valle de Chalco
  • Archdiocese Tulancingo: Huejutla diocese, Diocese of Tula
  • Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez: Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Diocese of Tapachula
  • Archdiocese of Yucatán: Diocese of Campeche, Tabasco diocese, Territorialprälatur Cancún - Chetumal
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlapa Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxtepec Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua Roman Catholic Diocese of Parral Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hermosillo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa Roman Catholic Diocese of Coatzacoalcos Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxpan Roman Catholic Diocese of Veracruz Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico Roman Catholic Diocese of Atlacomulco Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca Roman Catholic Diocese of Tenancingo Roman Catholic Diocese of Toluca Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares (Mexico) Roman Catholic Diocese of Matamoros Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Laredo Roman Catholic Diocese of Piedras Negras Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana Roman Catholic Diocese of Ensenada Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla Roman Catholic Diocese of Ecatepec Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco Roman Catholic Diocese of Valle de Chalco Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tulancingo Roman Catholic Diocese of Huejutla Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula Roman Catholic Diocese of Tapachula Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco
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