Diocese of Irapuato Dioecesis Irapuatensis Diócesis de Irapuato | |
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 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of León |
| Metropolitan | Irapuato, Guanajuato |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,844 sq mi (4,780 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 61 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 January 2004 (21 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Solitude |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Enrique Díaz Díaz |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfonso Cortés Contreras |
| Bishops emeritus | José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda |
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TheRoman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato (Latin:Dioecesis Irapuatensis) is a Latinsuffragan diocese in theecclesiastical province of the MetropolitanArchdiocese of León in southernMexico.
Itscathedral Episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, atIrapuato, Guanajuato.
Established on 3 January 2004 asDiocese of Irapuato / Irapuaten(sis) (Latin adjective), on territories split off from theDiocese of León and the MetropolitanArchdiocese of Morelia. It was asuffragan of the MetropolitanArchdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.
Luis Esteban Zavala Rodríguez, a diocesan priest, was condemned to 65 years and three months in prison and fined MXN $61,000 in January 2021 forraping a 12-year-old girl as she took catechism classes at a church in Irapuato. The diocese released a statement saying it was respectful of the civil authorities and committed to truth and transparency, "as well as to respect and protection of any person, without discrimination, particularly with children, adolescents, and young people, and with vulnerable people ”.[1]
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,427,998 Catholics (98.4% of 1,451,090 total) on 4,775 km2 in 68 parishes and 38 missions with 168 priests (123 diocesan, 45 religious), 2 deacons, 278 lay religious (50 brothers, 228 sisters) and 75 seminarians.
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