Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas / Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Morelia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Colima (↖), Apatzingán (↑), Tacámbaro (↗), Ciudad Altamirano (→), Acapulco (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1985.10.11: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas / Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas (Latin) (from Diocese of Apatzingán and Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano and became suffragan of Morelia)

Contact Info

Address: Av. Autonomía Universitaria #15 Col. Fideicomiso, 60950 - Lázaro Cárdenas, Mich., Mexico

Phone: (753) 5-41-64-07

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.20 – ...):

Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (74)
(2013.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Duc in altum

Born:	1952.02.17 (Guanajuto, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.05

Priest of León (Mexico) (1977.06.17 – 2013.11.20)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (2013.11.20 – ...)

Bishop Fabio Martínez Castilla (later Archbishop)
(2007.03.13 – 2013.02.19)

Semper servus

Born:	1950.07.20 (Islas Mujeres, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.05.04
Died:	2023.11.25 (Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico † 73)

Priest of Yucatán (Mexico) (1977.01.31 – 2007.03.13)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (2007.03.13 – 2013.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2013.02.19 – 2023.11.25)

Bishop Salvador Flores Huerta
(1993.05.03 – 2006.09.30)

Soy yo, no temas

Born:	1934.02.17 (Coeneo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.06.24
Died:	2018.12.14 (Ario de Rosales, Mexico † 84)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (1993.05.03 – 2006.09.30)

Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (104)
(1985.09.11 – 1993.05.03)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1922.01.01 (Cotija, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1946.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.08

Priest of Zamora (Mexico) (1946.05.26 – 1961.05.22)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico) (1961.05.22 – 1985.09.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (1985.09.11 – 1993.05.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Cristo Rey, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán de Ocampo

Colima (↖), Apatzingán (↑), Tacámbaro (↗), Ciudad Altamirano (→), Acapulco (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,800 km²

Population: 912,200 Catholics (97.2% of 938,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 47 priests (33 diocesan, 14 religious), 74 religious (23 brothers, 51 sisters), 4 seminarians