Diocese of

Iztapalapa

Mexico Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Iztapalapa (español) / Iztapalapan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: México

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.08.14 – ...):Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista (57)Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Iztapalapa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista (57)Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista (57)
(2021.08.14 – ...)

Bishop of Iztapalapa (Mexico)

Comunión don del Señor

Born:1967.04.06 (Santa Ana Chiauhteman, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1992.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:2015.05.27

Priest of Texcoco (Mexico) (1992.08.15 – 2015.03.04)

Titular Bishop of Bisarcio (2015.03.04 – 2021.08.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (2015.03.04 – 2021.08.14)

Bishop of Iztapalapa (Mexico) (2021.08.14 – ...)

Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco
(2019.09.28 – 2021.08.14)

Born:1945.07.04 (Xalisco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1971.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:2009.07.10
Died:2025.03.10 (Tepic, Mexico † 79)

Priest of Tepic (Mexico) (1971.12.24 – 2009.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Aulon (2009.05.07 – 2019.09.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2009.05.07 – 2019.09.28)

Bishop of Iztapalapa (Mexico) (2019.09.28 – 2021.08.14)

Special Churches

Churches by City (113)

México (↖), Nezahualcóyotl (→), Xochimilco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 117 km²

Population: 1,650,000 Catholics (89.9% of 1,835,486 total)

Pastoral Centres: 107 parishes, 110 missions

Personnel: 117 priests (76 diocesan, 41 religious), 22 deacons, 222 religious (50 brothers, 172 sisters), 13 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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