Acapulco (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Leopoldo Gonz�lez Gonz�lez, Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Chilpancingo-Chilapa Ciudad Altamirano Tlapa General Information Type of Jurisdiction: ArchdioceseElevated: 10 February 1983 Metropolitan SeeRite: Latin (or Roman)State: GuerreroCountry: M�xicoSquare Kilometers: 18,000 (6,952 Square Miles)Conference Region: Sur Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Quebrado 16, Apdo. 201, 39300 Acapulco, Gro., MexicoTelephone: (744)483-05-63; 483-58-41Fax: 482-07-63

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Date Event From To
Diocese of Acapulco
18 March 1958 Erected Diocese of Chilapa (Coahuayutla, La Uni�n, Petatl�n, Tecp�n, Atoyac, Benito Ju�rez, Coyuca de Ben�tez, Acapulco, San Marcos, Tecoanapa, Ayutla, Florencio Villareal, Cauatepec , C�pala, San Luis Acatl�n, Azoy�, Cuajinicuilapa, Igualapa, Ometepec, Tlacoachistlahuaca, and ...) Diocese of Acapulco (erected)
27 October 1964 Territory Lost Diocese of Acapulco (La Union, Coahuayutla, and Zihuatanejo)Diocese of Chilapa (Zirandaro, Coyuca-de-Catalan, Pungarabato or Ciudad Altamirano, Cutzamala, Tlapehuala, Tlalchapa, Ajuchitlan, San Miguel Totolapan, and Arcelia)Diocese of Toluca (Tlatlaya, Amatepec, Tejupilco, Sultepec, Otzoloapan, and Zacazonapan)Diocese of Tac�mbaro (San Lucas and Huetamo) Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano (erected)
Archdiocese of Acapulco
10 February 1983 Elevated Diocese of Acapulco Archdiocese of Acapulco

Statistics

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source
Diocese of Acapulco
1958 400,000 .0% 36 36 0 23 ap1960
1963 432,000 450,000 96.0% 32 2 34 12,705 9 126 34 ap1967
1970 432,000 450,000 96.0% 39 39 11,076 9 137 36 ap1971
1976 722,000 750,000 96.3% 48 8 56 12,892 19 154 43 ap1977
1980 828,000 932,000 88.8% 56 10 66 12,545 6 21 150 47 ap1981
Archdiocese of Acapulco
1990 2,620,000 3,100,000 84.5% 57 10 67 39,104 12 18 127 55 ap1991
1999 2,730,000 2,860,000 95.5% 84 16 100 27,300 16 36 217 81 ap2000
2000 2,740,000 3,860,000 71.0% 91 16 107 25,607 15 28 200 80 ap2001
2001 2,795,000 3,900,000 71.7% 89 18 107 26,121 16 30 200 82 ap2002
2002 2,836,000 3,955,000 71.7% 90 18 108 26,259 20 20 204 84 ap2003
2003 2,860,000 3,965,000 72.1% 95 18 113 25,309 20 30 183 84 ap2004
2004 2,865,000 3,970,000 72.2% 89 19 108 26,527 20 31 171 86 ap2005
2005 2,908,000 4,030,000 72.2% 92 19 111 26,198 20 31 140 78 ap2006
2006 2,940,000 4,074,000 72.2% 89 23 112 26,250 19 35 140 78 ap2007
2011 3,049,000 4,244,000 71.8% 107 22 129 23,635 22 33 150 84 ap2012
2012 3,074,000 4,258,000 72.2% 106 20 126 24,396 21 21 187 84 ap2013
2015 1,252,569 1,468,117 85.3% 105 16 121 10,351 16 21 105 76 ap2016
2018 1,272,180 1,589,287 80.0% 111 20 131 9,711 13 23 123 76 ap2019
2020 1,272,180 1,589,287 80.0% 112 20 132 9,637 13 26 120 76 ap2021
2022 1,297,000 1,620,000 80.1% 115 20 135 9,607 13 26 123 76 ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

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