Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chilpancingo–Chilapa / Chilpancingen(sis)–Chilapen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Acapulco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1863.03.16: Established as Diocese of Chilapa / Chilpancingen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán and Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and became suffragan of México)
1958.03.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Acapulco
1964.10.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano
1983.02.10: Became suffragan of Acapulco
1989.10.20: Renamed as Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa / Chilpancingen(sis)–Chilapen(sis) (Latin)
1992.01.04: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tlapa

Contact Info

Address: Abasolo e Hidalgo #3 Col. Centro, 39000 - Chilpancingo, Gro., Mexico

Phone: (747) 4-71-05-92

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.02.11 – ...):

Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Roman Rite)

Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. (60)
(2022.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)

Verbum Dei vita mea

Born:	1964.12.25 (Etzatán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.25

Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico) (2010.02.27 – 2022.02.11)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (2022.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. (79)
(2015.06.20 – 2022.02.11)

Bishop emeritus of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)

Les doy mi paz

Born:	1946.04.28 (Tepalcatepec, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.05

Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico) (2009.03.12 – 2015.06.20)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (2015.06.20 – 2022.02.11)

Bishop Alejo Zavala Castro
(2005.11.19 – 2015.06.20)

Born:	1941.12.31 (Galeana, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.25
Died:	2025.11.02 (Morelia, Mexico † 83)

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1966.12.17 – 1992.01.04)

Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico) (1992.01.04 – 2005.11.19)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (2005.11.19 – 2015.06.20)

Bishop Efrén Ramos Salazar
(1990.10.30 – 2005.02.19)

Born:	1939.10.28 (Tlatlauquitepec, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1964.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.12.18
Died:	2005.02.19 († 65)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (1990.10.30 – 2005.02.19)

Bishop José María Hernández González
(1989.10.20 – 1989.11.18)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1927.01.17 (Pénjamo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1950.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.04.26
Died:	2015.01.19 († 88)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1983.02.18 – 1989.10.20)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (1989.10.20 – 1989.11.18)

Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico) (1989.11.18 – 2003.07.08)

Bishops of Chilapa (Roman Rite)

Bishop José María Hernández González
(1983.02.18 – 1989.10.20)

(see above)

Bishop Fidel Cortés Pérez
(1958.12.18 – 1982.08.14)

Born:	1912.04.21 (Tumbisca, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1939.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.02.24
Died:	1982.08.14 († 70)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1958.12.18 – 1982.08.14)

Bishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián
(1956.01.12 – 1958.03.20)

Born:	1913.08.12 (Juchitlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1939.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.31
Died:	1992.03.25 (Querétaro, Mexico † 78)

Titular Bishop of Avissa (1954.08.24 – 1956.01.12)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1956.01.12 – 1958.03.20)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1958.03.20 – 1988.10.25)

Bishop Leopoldo Díaz y Escudero
(1929.11.05 – 1955.11.24)

Born:	1880.09.16 (Alcozauca, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1903.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.02.09
Died:	1955.11.24 († 75)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1929.11.05 – 1955.11.24)

Bishop José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (later Archbishop)
(1923.06.08 – 1926.03.22)

Born:	1867.12.12 (Momáx, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1891
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.06.08
Died:	1951.12.05 († 83)

Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico) (1919.01.24 – 1923.06.08)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1923.06.08 – 1926.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Ancusa (1926.03.22 – 1929.09.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1926.03.22 – 1929.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1929.09.20 – 1940.05.02)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia (1940.05.02 – 1951.12.05)

Bishop Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles
(1907.10.02 – 1923.01.05)

Born:	1860.06.16 (San Nicolás de Actopan, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1882.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.01.16
Died:	1945.06.29 († 85)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico) (1897.03.07 – 1907.10.02)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1907.10.02 – 1923.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Doara (1923.01.05 – 1945.06.29)

Bishop José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez
(1902.08.24 – 1906.12.10)

Born:	1836.11.10 (Pegueros, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1860.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.02.12
Died:	1906.12.10 (Chilapa, Mexico † 70)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1898.11.28 – 1902.08.24)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1902.08.24 – 1906.12.10)

Bishop José Ramón Ibarra y González (later Archbishop)
(1889.12.30 – 1902.04.19)

Born:	1853.10.22 (Olinalá, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1880.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.01.05
Died:	1917.02.01 († 63)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1889.12.30 – 1902.04.19)

Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1902.04.19 – 1903.08.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1903.08.11 – 1917.02.01)

Bishop Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M.
(1882.09.25 – 1888.05.27)

Born:	1827.05.02 (Tecolotlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1850.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.06.29
Died:	1899.06.19 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tricale (1880.03.09 – 1882.09.25)

Vicar Apostolic of California Inferiore (Mexico) (1880.03.09 – 1882.09.25)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1882.09.25 – 1888.05.27)

Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1888.05.27 – 1899.06.19)

Bishop Tomás Barón y Morales
(1876.04.07 – 1882.09.25)

Born:	1828.12.21 (Tlalizapán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1853
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.06.25
Died:	1898.01.13 († 69)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1876.04.07 – 1882.09.25)

Bishop of León (Mexico) (1882.09.25 – 1898.01.13)

Bishop Ambrosia María Serrano y Rodriguez
(1863.03.19 – 1875.02.08)

Born:	1817.12.07 (Chilapa, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.05.08
Died:	1875.02.08 († 57)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1863.03.19 – 1875.02.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Asunción de María, Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral de la Asunción de María, Chilapa, Guerrero
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (96)

Ciudad Altamirano (←), Tenancingo (↑), Cuernavaca (↑), Puebla de los Ángeles (↗), Tlapa (→), Acapulco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 19,860 km²

Population: 1,058,245 Catholics (59.6% of 1,775,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 100 parishes

Personnel: 150 priests (144 diocesan, 6 religious), 6 deacons, 169 religious (13 brothers, 156 sisters), 44 seminarians