Diocese of Cuernavaca Dioecesis Cuernavacensis Diócesis de Cuernavaca | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Toluca |
Metropolitan | Cuernavaca |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,908 sq mi (4,940 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 2,144,000 1,854,000 (86.5%) |
Parishes | 109 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 23 June 1891 (133 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ramón Castro Castro |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca (Latin: Dioecesis Cuernavacensis) (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Toluca. Its seat is in the Cuernavaca Cathedral. S.E.R. Mons. Ramón Castro Castro was named 12th Bishop of Cuernavaca by Pope Francis on May 15, 2013.