Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali Diócesis de La Paz en la Baja California Sur | |
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![]() Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Paz | |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Territory | State of Baja California Sur. |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Tijuana |
Metropolitan | La Paz, Baja California Sur |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,457 sq mi (73,700 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 512,170 512.200 (95.7%) |
Parishes | 42 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 21, 1988 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of The Peace |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz Bishop of La Paz |
Map | |
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Website | |
diocesislapaz.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur (Latin: Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali) (erected 21 March 1988) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006.
Ordinaries
[edit]Prefecture Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Juan Giordani, F.S.C.J. (1958 -1972 )
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1972 -1976 see below)
Vicariate Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (see above 1976 -1988 see below)
Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (see above 1988 -1989), appointed Bishop of Colima
- Braulio Rafael León Villegas (1990 -1999), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco
- Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz (2001 - )
Episcopal See
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- Diócesis de La Paz Official Page.
- Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops. La Paz Page
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