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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano

Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico

Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano Dioecesis Civitatis Altamirensis Diócesis de Ciudad Altamirano
Catedral de San Juan Bautista
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Acapulco
Metropolitan	Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero
Statistics
Area	6,180 sq mi (16,000 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 913,000 885,000 (96.9%)
Parishes	28
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 October 1964 (59 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joel Ocampo Gorostieta
Metropolitan Archbishop	Leopoldo González González
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Altamirensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Acapulco, in Mexico.

Ordinaries[edit]

• Juan Navarro Ramirez (1965–1970)
• Manuel Samaniego Barriga (1971–1979), appointed Bishop of Cuautitlán, México
• José Lizares Estrada (1980–1987)
• José Raúl Vera López, O.P. (1987–1995), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas
• Carlos Garfias Merlos (1996–2003), appointed Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl, México
• José Miguel Ángel Giles Vázquez (2004–2005)
• Maximino Martínez Miranda (2006–2018), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México
• Joel Ocampo Gorostieta (2019–-)

Episcopal see[edit]

• Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero

External links and references[edit]

• "Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
• "Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano". Catholicer Network.

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