The Catholic Encyclopedia

Chihuahua

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Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

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Chihuahua, Diocese of, in the north of Mexico, comprises the State of Chihuahua, with a population of about 327,000, mostly Indians and mestisos. The diocese was erected in 1891, and has had two bishops: Jose de J. Ortiz, promoted to the archbishopric of Guadalajara, and Nicolas Perez Gavilan. There are 42 parishes, 64 churches and chapels, and a seminary with 50 seminarists.

Battandier, Ann. pont. cath. (Paris, 1907), 222; Heriprin in Lippincott’s Gazetteer (Philadelphia, 1907), 402.

J. Montes De Oca Y Obregon.

Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907-1908. Public domain.