Diocese of Apatzingán, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Apatzingán / Apatzinganien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Morelia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Colima (←), Zamora (↑), Tacámbaro (→), Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.04.30: Established as Diocese of Apatzingán / Apatzinganien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Colima and Diocese of Tacámbaro and became suffragan of Morelia)
1985.10.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Contact Info

Address: Esteban Baca Calderón Ote. #1 Col.Centro, 60600 - Apatzingán, Mich., Mexico

Phone: (453) 5-34-17-87

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.17 – ...):

Bishop Cristóbal Ascencio García (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Apatzingán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cristóbal Ascencio García (71)
(2014.11.17 – ...)

Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico)

Mi paz les doy

Born:	1955.03.25 (El Josefino de Allende, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.02.12

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1985.05.04 – 2014.11.17)

Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico) (2014.11.17 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M.S.F.
(1981.04.09 – 2014.11.17)

Born:	1938.09.30 (La Piedad, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.05.21
Died:	2019.09.21 (Uruapán, Mexico † 80)

Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico) (1981.04.09 – 2014.11.17)

Bishop José Fernández Arteaga (later Archbishop)
(1974.07.13 – 1980.02.08)

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)

Bishop Victorino Alvarez Tena
(1962.05.24 – 1974.02.14)

Born:	1920.03.10 (Puruándiro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.25
Died:	1987.11.04 († 67)

Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico) (1962.05.24 – 1974.02.14)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (1974.02.14 – 1987.11.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Apatzingan, Michoacán de Ocampo

Churches by City (29)

Colima (←), Zamora (↑), Tacámbaro (→), Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,102 km²

Population: 406,425 Catholics (92.2% of 440,735 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 51 priests (50 diocesan, 1 religious), 121 religious (1 brother, 120 sisters), 15 seminarians