Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Sinaloa, Diocese of

SINALOA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Culiacán, Diocese of redirects here.

SINALOA, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the state of the same name in Mexico (North America).

Over an area of 58,488 sq km it comprises a population of 550,000 inhabitants, of whom 495,000 are Catholics distributed in 25 parishes served by 48 diocesan priests and 3 regulars; it has a seminary; 2 male religious communities and 21 female (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 380). The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII on 27 Jan. 1884 as a suffragan of Durango.

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BIBL.: C. Crivelli, s. v. in Cuth. Enc., XIV, pp. 12-13; anon. s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., 36 (1927), pp. 475-78.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 661.

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Josi, Enrico. “Sinaloa, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 661. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sinaloa-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Sinaloa, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 661. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sinaloa-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Sinaloa, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {661},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sinaloa-diocesi-di}
}

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