Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis
Diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa
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Catedral de la Ascunsión
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| Location | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Acapulco |
| Metropolitan | Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,713 sq mi (19,980 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2007) 923,000 845,000 (91.5%) |
| Parishes | 78 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 March 1863 (161 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José de Jesús González Hernández |
| Bishops emeritus | Alejo Zavala Castro Salvador Rangel Mendoza |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Latin: Dioecesis Chilpancingensis–Chilapensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Acapulco.
The former Diocese of Chilapa in southern Mexico comprised the State of Guerrero. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico, and existed under that name from 1863 to 1989.
The early bishops were Ambrosia Serrano, Ramon Ibarra, and Homobono Anaya.[1]
John Ssenyondo, a priest in Chilapa, also served under the dictatorship of Idi Amin in his native Uganda. He has been called "The Indiana Jones of the Faith." He was kidnapped and found dead near the town of Ocotlán in 2014.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Montes de Oca y Obregón, J. (1908). "Diocese of Chilapa". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3.
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