Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
# 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.

## 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
* Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (2013 - present)

## External links and references

* "Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
* ↑ "Dioecesis Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas".

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