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Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato

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Diocese of Irapuato

Dioecesis Irapuatensis

Diócesis de Irapuato
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of León
MetropolitanIrapuato, Guanajuato
Statistics
Area1,844 sq mi (4,780 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,094,160
1,077,110 (98.4%)
Parishes61
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 January 2004 (20 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Solitude
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé de Jesús Martínez Zepeda
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlfonso Cortés Contreras

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato (Template:Lang-la) (erected 3 January 2004) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of León. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.

Ordinaries

Episcopal See

  • "Diocese of Irapuato". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.