Diocese of

Cancún–Chetumal

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cancún–Chetumal / Cancunen(sis)–Chetumalien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yucatán

Neighbouring Dioceses: Campeche (↙), Yucatán (←), Pinar del Río (↗), Belize City–Belmopan (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1970.05.23: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chetumal / Chetumalien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán and Diocese of Campeche and became suffragan of Yucatán)
1996.12.20: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal / Cancunen(sis)–Chetumalien(sis) (Latin)
2020.02.15: Promoted as Diocese of Cancún–Chetumal / Cancunen(sis)–Chetumalien(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Ixcun s/n Lote 1 entre Costa y Av. Puertos SM 33, 77500 - Cancún, Q.Roo, Mexico

Phone: (998) 8-87-13-90

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.12.06 – ...):

Bishop Salvador González Morales (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cancún–Chetumal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Salvador González Morales (54)
(2025.12.06 – ...)

Bishop of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico)

Secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1971.12.20 (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	2002.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.25

Priest of México (Mexico) (2002.05.18 – 2019.02.16)

Titular Bishop of Lacubaza (2019.02.16 – 2025.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2019.02.16 – 2025.12.06)

Bishop of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (2025.12.06 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.
(2020.02.15 – 2025.12.06)

Si me amas apacienta

Born:	1949.09.04 (San José de Gracia, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.11.22
Died:	2026.01.22 (Mérida, Mexico † 76)

Bishop-Prelate of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (2004.10.26 – 2020.02.15)

Bishop of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (2020.02.15 – 2025.12.06)

Prelates of Cancún–Chetumal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C.
(2004.10.26 – 2020.02.15)

(see above)

Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.
(1996.12.20 – 2004.10.26)

Born:	1929.02.28 (Apizaco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1957.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.03.19
Died:	2023.07.11 (Chetumal, Mexico † 94)

Apostolic Administrator of Chetumal (Mexico) (1970.06.13 – 1973.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Velefi (1973.12.07 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Chetumal (Mexico) (1973.12.07 – 1996.12.20)

Bishop-Prelate of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico) (1996.12.20 – 2004.10.26)

Prelates of Chetumal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C.
(1973.12.07 – 1996.12.20)

(see above)

Fr. Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970.06.13 – 1973.12.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Santa Cruz y de la Santisima Trinidad, Cancún, Quintana Roo
Co-Cathedral: Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, Chetumal, Quintana Roo
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Campeche (↙), Yucatán (←), Pinar del Río (↗), Belize City–Belmopan (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 50,212 km²

Population: 1,040,214 Catholics (64.0% of 1,626,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 74 parishes, 524 missions

Personnel: 144 priests (55 diocesan, 89 religious), 40 deacons, 231 religious (95 brothers, 136 sisters), 41 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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