Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Latin: Dioecesis Chilpancingensis–Chilapensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Acapulco.
Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis Diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa | |
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 Catedral de la Ascunsión | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Acapulco |
| Metropolitan | Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,713 sq mi (19,980 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2007) 923,000 845,000 (91.5%) |
| Parishes | 78 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 March 1863 (157 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. |
| Bishops emeritus | Alejo Zavala Castro |
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History
The former Diocese of Chilapa in southern Mexico comprised the State of Guerrero. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico, and existed under that name from 1863 to 1989.
The early bishops were Ambrosia Serrano, Ramon Ibarra, and Homobono Anaya.[1]
Father John Ssenyondo, a priest in Chilapa, also served under the dictatorship of Idi Amin in his native Uganda. He has been called "The Indiana Jones of the Faith." He was kidnapped and found dead near the town of Ocotlán in 2014.[2]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Ambrosia María Serrano y Rodriguez (1863-1875)
- Tomás Barón y Morales (1876-1882), appointed Bishop of León, Guanajuato
- Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. Obs. (1882-1889), appointed Bishop of Zacatecas
- José Ramón Ibarra y González (1889-1902), appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
- José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez (1902-1906)
- Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles (1907-1923)
- José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1923-1926), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero (1929-1955)
- Alfonso Tóriz Cobián (1956-1958), appointed Bishop of Querétaro
- Fidel Cortés Pérez (1958-1982)
- José María Hernández González (1983-1989), appointed Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl
- frén Ramos Salazar (1990-2005)
- Alejo Zavala Castro (2005-2015)
- Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. (2015-
Coadjutor bishop
- Alfonso Tóriz Cobián (1954-1956)
See also
External links and references
- "Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- "Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa". Página Oficial. Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
- http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Chilapa
- Sipse, Redacción (2014-12-22). "El cura ugandés que tenía una cita con una bala... y fue en Guerrero". sipse.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Chilapa". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.