Diocese of Tarahumara

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara (Latin: Dioecesis Tarahumarensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua. It was erected as a mission sui juris in 1950 and was elevated, first to a vicariate apostolic in 1958, then to a diocese in 1993.

Ordinaries

(All Roman Rite)

Apostolic Vicars of Tarahumara

  • Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. (1958 – 1973), retired
  • José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. (1975 – 1992)

Bishops of Tarahumara

  • José Luis Dibildox Martínez (1993 – 2003), appointed Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas
  • Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (2005 – 2015), appointed Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco
  • Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M. (2017 – Present)

Episcopal see

  • Guachochi, Chihuahua
  • "Diocese of Tarahumara". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.