Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal
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Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal
Praelatura Territorialis Cancunensis–Chetumaliensis
Prélature Territoriale de Cancún-Chetumal
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Yucatán |
Metropolitan | Cancún |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,200,000 950,000 (79.2%) |
Parishes | 35 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 23 May 1970 (54 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity |
Co-cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán |
Emeritus Bishops | Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. |
Map | |
File:Mapa prelatura de Cancún-Chetumal.jpg | |
Website | |
www.cancunchetumal.com |
The Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cancunensis–Chetumaliensis) is a Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature and suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán.
History
It was erected on 23 May 1970 as the Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, renamed 20 December 1996, as reflected in its double see-name.
It has a cathedral see, Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, in Cancun, and a co-cathedral, Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, in Chetumal, both in Quintana Roo on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Episcopal incumbents
All its prelates were members of the Legion of Christ (L.C.)
- Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. (1973–2004) - Prelate Emeritus (initially Apostolic Administrator; title Chetumal till 1996)
- Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. (2004 - )
External links and references
- GigaCatholic
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Categories:
- Articles containing Latin-language text
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- Quintana Roo articles missing geocoordinate data
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico
- Territorial prelatures of the Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Yucatán
- Religious organizations established in 1970
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- Cancún
- 1970 establishments in Mexico
- Mexican Roman Catholic diocese stubs