Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico
Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali Diócesis de La Paz en la Baja California Sur | |
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Paz | |
Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Territory | State of Baja California Sur. |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Tijuana |
Metropolitan | La Paz, Baja California Sur |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,457 sq mi (73,700 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 512,170 512.200 (95.7%) |
Parishes | 42 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 21, 1988 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of The Peace |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz Bishop of La Paz |
Map | |
Website | |
diocesislapaz.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur (Latin: Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali) (erected 21 March 1988) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006.
Ordinaries
Prefecture Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Juan Giordani, F.S.C.J. (1958 -1972 )
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1972 -1976 see below)
Vicariate Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (see above 1976 -1988 see below)
Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (see above 1988 -1989), appointed Bishop of Colima
- Braulio Rafael León Villegas (1990 -1999), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco
- Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz (2001 - )
Episcopal See
External links and references
- "Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- Diócesis de La Paz Official Page.
- Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops. La Paz Page
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