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Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal

Praelatura Territorialis Cancunensis–Chetumaliensis

Prélature Territoriale de Cancún-Chetumal
Location
Country  Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Yucatán
Metropolitan Cancún
Statistics
Area19,638 sq mi (50,860 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,200,000
950,000 (79.2%)
Parishes35
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established23 May 1970 (53 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Co-cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.
Metropolitan Archbishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cancún–Chetumal ( Latin: Dioecesis Cancunensis–Chetumaliensis) is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán. It was elevated from a Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature on February 15, 2020.

History

It was erected on 23 May 1970 as the Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, renamed 20 December 1996, as reflected in its double see-name. On 15 February 2020, while keeping the see name, it was raised to diocese. [1]

It has a cathedral see, Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, in Cancun, and a co-cathedral, Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, in Chetumal, both in Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula.

Episcopal incumbents

All its prelates were members of the Legion of Christ (L.C.)

External links and references

  • GigaCatholic
  • "Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-11.


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