Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas Diócesis de San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
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Catedral de San Cristóbal
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tuxtla |
Metropolitan | San Cristóbal de Las Casas |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,740 sq mi (22,600 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,691,000 1,346,000 (79.6%) |
Parishes | 52 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 March 1539 (478 years ago) |
Cathedral | Saint Mark's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
Map | |
Website | |
ualcor.wix.com/dscl |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Christophori de las Casas) (erected 19 March 1539 as the Diocese of Chiapas, renamed 27 October 1964) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla. Its see is in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas. As of 2016[update] the bishop was Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the auxiliary bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz.
Erected: 19 March 1539
Name Changed: 27 October 1964