Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco
The Archdiocese of Acapulco (Latin: Archidioecesis Acapulcanus) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in the Mexican port city of Acapulco, Guerrero. It is currently led by Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco, and auxiliary bishop Juan Navarro Castellanos.
The Archdiocese of Acapulco is a Metropolitan Archidiocese; its suffragans dioceses are the dioceses of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Ciudad Altamirano, Lázaro Cárdenas and Tlapa.
The Diocese of Acapulco was erected on March 18, 1958. It was elevated to Archdiocese on February 10, 1983.
As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 86 parishes, 89 active diocesan priests, 19 religious priests, and 2,800,000 Catholics. It also has 171 Women Religious, 31 Religious Brothers, and 20 permanent deacons.
Residential bishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of and their terms of service:
*José del Pilar Quezada Valdez (1958-1976)
*Rafael Bello Ruiz (1976-2001)
*Felipe Aguirre Franco (2001-present)
References
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dacap.html Archdiocese of Acapulco page at catholichierarchy.org] retrieved July 14, 2006
ee also
*List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México
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