Catholic ChurchinUnited Mexican States (Mexico) |
Also known as: Mexiko (Deutsch), México (español, Português), le Mexique (français), Messico (Italiano), Meksyk (polski), 墨西哥 (正體中文), メキシコ (日本語), Mexicum (latine)
Roman Rite (96): Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Antequera, Apatzingán, Atlacomulco, Autlán, Azcapotzalco, Campeche, Cancún–Chetumal, Celaya, Chihuahua, Chilpancingo–Chilapa, Ciudad Altamirano, Ciudad Guzmán, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Ciudad Obregón, Ciudad Valles, Ciudad Victoria, Coatzacoalcos, Colima, Córdoba, Cuauhtémoc–Madera, Cuautitlán, Cuernavaca, Culiacán, Durango, Ecatepec, El Nayar, El Salto, Ensenada, Gómez Palacio, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Huajuapan de León, Huautla, Huejutla, Irapuato, Izcalli, Iztapalapa, Jalapa, La Paz, León, Linares, Matamoros–Reynosa, Matehuala, Mazatlán, Mexicali, México, Mixes, Monterrey, Morelia, Nezahualcóyotl, Nogales, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Nuevo Laredo, Orizaba, Papantla, Parral, Piedras Negras, Puebla de los Ángeles, Puerto Escondido, Querétaro, Saltillo, San Andrés Tuxtla, San Cristóbal de las Casas, San Juan de los Lagos, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tacámbaro, Tampico, Tapachula, Tarahumara, Tehuacán, Tehuantepec, Tenancingo, Teotihuacan, Tepic, Texcoco, Tijuana, Tlalnepantla, Tlapa, Tlaxcala, Toluca, Torreón, Tula, Tulancingo, Tuxpan, Tuxtepec, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Valle de Chalco, Veracruz, Xochimilco, Yucatán, Zacatecas, Zamora
Armenian Church (1): América Latina e México
Greek-Melkite Church (1): Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México
Maronite Church (1): Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México
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Apostolic Nunciature: Mexico
Conference of Bishops: Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.)
Carlos Aguiar Retes (74)
Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (84)
José Francisco Robles Ortega (75)
Alberto Suárez Inda (85)
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (December 12)
Saints: 35 Saints, 26 Blesseds
Continent: North America
Capital: Mexico City
Area: 1,943,945 km²
Population: 124,574,795
Former Name: New Spain
Neighbouring Countries: ↑ USA , → Cuba , ↘ Belize , ↘ Guatemala
Religions: Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7%
Languages: Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%
Ethnic Groups: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Amerindian 21%, Amerindian 7%, other 10% (mostly European)
Area: 1,958,201 km²
Catholic Population: 117,926,000 Catholics (91.4% of 128,972,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 7,736 parishes, 2,835 mission stations (113 with resident priest, 2,722 without resident priest), 4,682 other centres
Clergy: 175 bishops (92 diocesan, 83 titular), 17,240 priests (13,522 diocesan, 3,718 religious), 1,327 permanent deacons (1,315 diocesan, 12 religious)
Non-Clergy: 25,866 religious (1,339 brothers, 24,527 sisters), 474 members of secular institutes (2 brothers, 472 sisters), 5,269 major seminarians, 50,015 missionaries, 268,004 catechists
Last updated on 2024.10.02
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