Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis Diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa | |
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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 | (as of 2021) 1,600,200 1,032,881 (64.5%) |
Parishes | 97 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 16 March 1863 (161 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Assumption |
Secular priests | 135 (Diocesan) 10 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José de Jesús González Hernández |
Bishops emeritus | Alejo Zavala Castro Salvador Rangel Mendoza |
Map | |
Website | |
www.chilpancingochilapa.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Latin: Dioecesis Chilpancingensis–Chilapensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Acapulco.