Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara

Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico

Diocese of Tarahumara Dioecesis Tarahumarensis Diócesis de Tarahumara


Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Chihuahua
Metropolitan	Guachochi
Statistics
Area	12,110 sq mi (31,400 km²)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 306,000 296,000 (96.7%)
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 June 1958 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Mary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Constancio Miranda Weckmann
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara (Latin: Dioecesis Tarahumarensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua. It was erected as a mission sui juris in 1950 and was elevated, first to a vicariate apostolic in 1958, then to a diocese in 1993.