Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

The Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. Its cathedra is within the Cathedral of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.

Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Dioecesis Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas Diócesis de Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Morelia
Statistics
Area	5,747 sq mi (14,880 km2)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 805,000 725,000 (90.1%)
Parishes	23
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 October 1985 (39 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Armando António Ortíz Aguirre
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Garfias Merlos
Bishops emeritus	José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra
Map
Website
diocesislazarocardenas.org

History

The Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas was erected on 11 October 1985. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Acapulco until 25 November 2006.

Ordinaries

• José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1985 – 1993)
• Salvador Flores Huerta (1993 – 2006)
• Fabio Martínez Castilla (2007 - 2013), appointed Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutierrez^[1]
• Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (2013 - present)