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
External links and references
- "Diocese of Tarahumara". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.