Territorial Prelature of

Cancún–Chetumal

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Area: 50,843 km²

Population: 966,790 Catholics (63.0% of 1,534,590 total) (2017)

Statistics: 60 parishes, 425 missions, 128 priests (45 diocesan, 83 religious), 19 deacons, 225 lay religious (87 brothers, 138 sisters), 67 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yucatán

Neighbouring Dioceses: Campeche (↙), Yucatán (←), Pinar del Río (↗), Belize City–Belmopan (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Address: Ixcun s/n Lote 1 entre Costa y Av. Puertos SM 33, 77500 - Cancún, Q.Roo, Mexico

Phone: (998) 8-87-13-90

Websites:

History

1970.05.23: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chetumal / Chetumalien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán and Diocese of Campeche)
1996.12.20: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal / Cancunen(sis)–Chetumalien(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, Cancún, Quintana Roo
Co-Cathedral: Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, Chetumal, Quintana Roo

Campeche (↙), Yucatán (←), Pinar del Río (↗), Belize City–Belmopan (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2004.10.26 – ...):

Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. (70)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Cancún–Chetumal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. (70)
(2004.10.26 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico)

Si me amas apacienta

Born:	1949.09.04 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.11.22

Bishop-Prelate of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (2004.10.26 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. (90)
(1996.12.20 – 2004.10.26)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico)

Born:	1929.02.28 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1957.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.03.19

Apostolic Administrator of Chetumal (Mexico) (1970.06.13 – 1973.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Velefi (1973.12.07 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Chetumal (Mexico) (1973.12.07 – 1996.12.20)

Bishop-Prelate of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (1996.12.20 – 2004.10.26)

Prelates of Chetumal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. (90)
(1973.12.07 – 1996.12.20)

(see above)

Fr. Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. (90) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970.06.13 – 1973.12.07)

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as of 2019.09.28

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