Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Chihuahua / Chihuahuen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ciudad Juárez, Cuauhtémoc–Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Parral, Tarahumara

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1891.06.23: Established as Diocese of Chihuahua / Chihuahuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Durango and became suffragan of Durango)
1950.05.06: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Tarahumara
1957.04.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Juárez
1958.11.22: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua / Chihuahuen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Ciudad Juárez and Tarahumara)
1959.06.20: Gained suffragan see Ciudad Obregón
1963.07.13: Lost suffragan see Ciudad Obregón
1963.10.15: Gained territory from Diocese of Ciudad Juárez
1966.04.25: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Madera and gained suffragan see Madera
1977.04.13: Gained suffragan see Nuevo Casas Grandes
1992.05.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Parral and gained suffragan see Parral
1995.11.17: Lost territory to Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–Madera

Contact Info

Address: Av. Cuauhtémoc # 1828. Col. Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 31020 Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico

Phone: (614) 4-10-32-02

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.05)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2009.09.29 – ...):

Archbishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann (72)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Chihuahua (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann (72)
(2009.09.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Cristo vence

Born:	1952.09.15 (Las Cruces, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.04

Priest of Cuauhtémoc–Madera (Mexico) (1977.09.30 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Atlacomulco (Mexico) (1998.06.27 – 2009.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (2009.09.29 – ...)

Archbishop José Fernández Arteaga
(1991.06.24 – 2009.09.29)

Omnium me servum feci

Born:	1933.09.12 (Santa Inés, MIC, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.12
Died:	2021.12.17 (Tocumbo, MIC, Mexico † 88)

Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico) (1974.07.13 – 1980.02.08)

Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (1980.02.08 – 1988.12.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1988.12.20 – 1991.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1991.06.24 – 2009.09.29)

Archbishop Adalberto Almeida y Merino
(1969.08.24 – 1991.06.24)

Born:	1916.06.05 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.08.15
Died:	2008.06.21 († 92)

Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1956.05.28 – 1962.04.14)

Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1962.04.14 – 1969.08.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1969.08.24 – 1991.06.24)

Archbishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia
(1958.11.22 – 1969.08.24)

Born:	1879.12.28 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1903.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.01.30
Died:	1971.08.04 († 91)

Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1920.07.20 – 1958.11.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1958.11.22 – 1969.08.24)

Titular Archbishop of Febiana (1969.08.24 – 1971.08.04)

Bishops of Chihuahua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Guízar y Valencia (later Archbishop)
(1920.07.20 – 1958.11.22)

(see above)

Bishop Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría
(1902.02.20 – 1919.12.03)

Born:	1856.11.20 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1880.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.05.11
Died:	1919.12.03 († 63)

Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1902.02.20 – 1919.12.03)

Bishop José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez (later Archbishop)
(1893.06.10 – 1901.09.16)

Born:	1849.11.29 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1877
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.09.10
Died:	1912.06.19 († 62)

Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1893.06.10 – 1901.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1901.09.16 – 1912.06.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José Fernández Arteaga (1988.12.20 – 1991.06.24)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Luis Mena Arroyo (1964.09.01 – 1969.08.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Espino Porras (1943.02.27 – 1986.06.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana de la Santa Cruz, Chihuahua, Chihuahua

Tarahumara (↙), Cuauhtémoc–Madera (←), Nuevo Casas Grandes (↖), Ciudad Juárez (↑), El Paso (↗), Piedras Negras (→), Saltillo (↘), Parral (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 53,958 km²

Population: 1,290,523 Catholics (87.7% of 1,471,779 total)

Pastoral Centres: 82 parishes

Personnel: 162 priests (121 diocesan, 41 religious), 14 deacons, 170 religious (47 brothers, 123 sisters), 70 seminarians