It has an area of 14,720 sq km with a population of 575,000 inhabitants, of whom 570,400 are Catholics, distributed in 50 parishes, served by 185 diocesan priests and 36 regulars, a seminary; it counts 10 male religious communities and 48 female ones (Ann. Pontif., 1951, p. 243).
Pope Paul III, granting the requests of Charles V, created on 31 Jan. 1545 the archdiocese of Mexico, and the bishop of the suffragan see of Michoacan had his residence where the city of Morcha now stands.
Pope Pius IX, on 16 March 1863, by dismemberment of the see of Michoacan, created the diocese of L., with its see in the city of the same name, founded in 1576 on the right bank of the Rio Torbio, a rich agricultural and mining center.
Josi, Enrico. “León, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1113. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/leon-diocesi-di-3.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “León, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1113. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/leon-diocesi-di-3.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_leon_diocesi_di_3,
author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {León, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1113},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/leon-diocesi-di-3}
}
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