Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Zacatecas, Diocese of

ZACATECAS, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Zacatecensis

ZACATECAS, Diocese of. - City and diocese of the state of the same name (Mexico).

It has an area of 57,637 sq km with a population of 561,521 inhabitants, of whom 557,521 are Catholics; it has 69 parishes served by 148 diocesan priests and 2 regular priests; it has two seminaries; 2 male religious communities and 27 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 460).

The territory of Z. was conquered between 1546 and 1548 by the Spaniards, who founded the first parish there in 1569 at Guadalajara. Over the centuries the Franciscans (1567), the Augustinians (1576), the Dominicans (1604), the Jesuits (1616) and the Mercedarians (1701) settled there. The diocese was created by Pope Pius IX in 1863 as a suffragan of Guadalajara. The Cathedral, built in 1559 and completed in 1782, has a facade of red stone. Also to be remembered is the sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.

Bibliography

BIBL.: C. Crivelli, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XV, p. 740.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1753.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zacatecas, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1753. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zacatecas-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Zacatecas, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1753. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zacatecas-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Zacatecas, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1753},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zacatecas-diocesi-di}
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