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

Tacámbaro, Diocese of

TACÁMBARO, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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TACÁMBARO, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the district of Mexico, in the State of Michoacán (Republic of Mexico).

It has an area of 30,000 sq km with a population of 250,500 inhabitants, of whom 250,000 are Catholics; it has 27 parishes served by 44 diocesan priests; it has a seminary and 8 communities of religious women (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 413).

The diocese was erected by decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Consistory on 26 July 1913 with 7 parishes from the diocese of Yucatán and 16 from the diocese of Zamora. Its first bishop, Msgr. Leopoldo Lara, took possession of the diocese only in 1920. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Morelia.

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BIBL.: AAS. 5 (1913), p. 430; anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., LVIII, p. 1460.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1686.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tacámbaro, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1686. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/tacambaro-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tacámbaro, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1686. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tacambaro-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Tacámbaro, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1686},
  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/tacambaro-diocesi-di}
}

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