Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco

Archdiocese of Acapulco

*Archidioecesis Acapulcana*

Arquidiócesis de Acapulco
Archdiocese of Acapulco; Archidioecesis Acapulcana; Arquidiócesis de Acapulco
	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Acapulco
Statistics
Area	7,185 sq mi (18,610 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006); 4,074,000; 2,940,000 (72.2%)
Parishes	78
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 March 1958 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Leopoldo González González
Bishops emeritus
Map

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco (Latin: Archidioecesis Acapulcana) is a Latin rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico's southwestern Guerrero state.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, dedicated to Our Lady of Solitude, in the touristic port city of Acapulco. It is currently led by Archbishop Leopoldo González González.

History[]

The Diocese of Acapulco / Acapulcan(us) (Latin) was erected on 18 March 1958, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Chilapa (now its suffragan as Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa)
On 1964.10.27 it lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, now its suffragan.
It was elevated on 10 February 1983 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acapulco.

Statistics[]

As of 2014, the archdiocese pastorally served 2,039,000 Catholics (76.9% of 2,650,000 total) on 18,000 km² in 78 parishes and 4 missions with 132 priests (107 diocesan, 25 religious), 19 deacons, 152 lay religious (30 brothers, 122 sisters) and 33 seminarians.

Bishops[]

(all Roman Rite native Mexicans)

Episcopal Ordinaries[]

Suffragan Bishops of Acapulco

(1958.12.18 – retired 1976.06.01), died 1985
(1976.06.01 – 1983.02.10 see below), succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of (1974.02.12 – 1976.06.01) and Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco (1974.02.12 – 1976.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Acapulco

(see above 1983.02.10 – retired 2001.05.08), died 2008
(2001.05.08 – retired 2010.06.07), previously Titular Bishop of Otricoli (1974.03.12 – 1988.04.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1974.03.12 – 1988.04.28), succeeding as Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (1988.04.28 – 2000.06.30), Coadjutor Archbishop of Acapulco (2000.06.30 – succession 2001.05.08)
- Auxiliary Bishop : Juan Navarro Castellanos (2004.01.31 – 2009.02.12), Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (2004.01.31 – 2009.02.12); next Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (2009.02.12 – ...)
Carlos Garfias Merlos (2010.06.07 – retired 2016.11.05), previously Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1996.06.24 – 2003.07.08), Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico) (2003.07.08 – 2010.06.07); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2016.11.05 – ...)
Leopoldo González González (2017.06.30 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Morelia (Mexico) (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09), Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (2005.06.09 – 2017.06.30).

Coadjutor bishop[]

(2000–2001)

Auxiliary bishops[]

(1974–1976), appointed Bishop here
(2004–2009), appointed Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz

Ecclesiastical province[]

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are :

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, its mother (then as Diocese of Chilapa)
Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, its daughter
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlapa.

Sources and external links[]

GCatholic - data for all sections
Archdiocese of Acapulco page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006

Coordinates: 16°50′57″N 99°54′32″W / 16.8491°N 99.9090°W / 16.8491; -99.9090

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