Diocese of

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 14,890 km²

Population: 818,700 Catholics (93.0% of 880,000 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Morelia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Colima (↖), Apatzingán (↑), Tacámbaro (↗), Ciudad Altamirano (→), Acapulco (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 24 parishes, 1 mission, 51 priests (34 diocesan, 17 religious), 90 lay religious (22 brothers, 68 sisters), 13 seminarians (2015)

Address: Av. Autonomía Universitaria #15 Col. Fideicomiso, 60950 - Lázaro Cárdenas, Mich., Mexico

Phone: (753) 5-41-64-07

Website:

History

1985.10.11: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas / Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas (Latin) (from Diocese of Apatzingán and Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Cristo Rey, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán de Ocampo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.20 – ...):

Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (66)
(2013.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Born:	1952.02.17 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.05

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (2013.11.20 – ...)

Bishop Fabio Martínez Castilla (68) (later Archbishop)
(2007.03.13 – 2013.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Born:	1950.07.20 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.05.04

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (2007.03.13 – 2013.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2013.02.19 – ...)

Bishop Salvador Flores Huerta
(1993.05.03 – 2006.09.30)

Soy yo, no temas

Born:	1934.02.17 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.06.24
Died:	2018.12.14 († 84)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (1993.05.03 – 2006.09.30)

Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (97)
(1985.09.11 – 1993.05.03)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1922.01.01 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1946.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.08

Bishop of Tula (Mexico) (1961.05.22 – 1985.09.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (1985.09.11 – 1993.05.03)

as of 2019.01.17

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