Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco

Archdiocese of Acapulco Archidioecesis Acapulcana Arquidiócesis de Acapulco
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Acapulco
Metropolitan	Acapulco
Statistics
Area	7,185 sq mi (18,610 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 4,074,000 2,940,000 (72.2%)
Parishes	78
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 March 1958 (57 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Garfias Merlos
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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 Archdiocese; 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.

Diocesan 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 – 2010)
• Carlos Garfias Merlos (2010 – present)

References

• Archdiocese of Acapulco page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006

See also

• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México

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