Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Chihuahua, Diocese of

CHIHUAHUA, DIOCESI DI

By Adalberto Almeida

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CHIHUAHUA, Diocese of. - In the republic of Mexico, State of Chihuahua. Erected on 23 June 1891.

It is the most extensive in Mexico (245,612 sq. km.), has a population of about 747,650 inhabitants, of whom 704,500 are Catholics. In the Tarahumara, in the southwestern part of the Sierra Madre, live 25,000 Indians, of whom 12,000 are still pagan. Some Jesuits, who depend directly on Propaganda Fide, attend to their evangelization. The diocese is divided into 51 parishes; it has 185 churches, 61 diocesan priests and 22 regulars, a seminary (1948). It is a suffragan of Durango.

The Cathedral, completed in 1789, has a facade crowned by two bell towers. The ancient church of St. Francis is remembered, as well as the modern ones dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, to the Holy Family, and the expiatory temple of the Sacred Heart.

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BIBL.: J. Montes de Oca y Obregon, s. v. in Cath. Enc., III, p. 659; M. Cuevas, Historia de la Iglesia en México, El Paso 1928 (see index).

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By Adalberto Almeida

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 1534–1535.

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Almeida, Adalberto. “Chihuahua, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1534–1535. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chihuahua-diocesi-di.

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Almeida, Adalberto. “Chihuahua, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1534–1535. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chihuahua-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Almeida, Adalberto},
  title     = {Chihuahua, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1534--1535},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/chihuahua-diocesi-di}
}

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