Diocese of Iztapalapa Dioecesis Iztapalapanus Diócesis de Iztapalapa | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Mexico |
Metropolitan | México |
Statistics | |
Area | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 1,827,868 1,517,130 (83%) |
Parishes | 105 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 September 2019 (5 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Shrine of the Lord of the Holy Sepulchre |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jorge Cuapio Bautista |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Aguiar Retes |
Website | |
https://www.diocesisdeiztapalapa.org/ |
The Diocese of Iztapalapa (Latin: Dioecesis Iztapalapanus) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico.[1][2]
It was erected on 28 September 2019 with its territory having been carved from the Archdiocese of Mexico. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mexico and covers a total of 105 parishes (75 parishes & 30 quasi-parishes) with 1,517,130 Catholics.[3]