The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera () is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua (northern Mexico).
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de San Antonio, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua State. It also has a Co-Cathedral, the former see of the territorial prelature of Madera : Cocatedral de San Pedro, dedicated to Saint Peter, in Madera, also in Chihuahua State.
Statistics As per 2014, it pastorally served 353,296 Catholics (86.8% of 406,980 total) on 37,405 km2 in 26 parishes with 42 priests (32 diocesan, 10 religious), 67 lay religious (10 brothers, 57 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
History It was erected as the Territorial Prelature of Madera on 25 April 1966, on territories split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Diocese of Ciudad Juárez and Diocese of Ciudad Obregón.
Its name was changed after its new see when it was elevated to bishopric as Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera (a double name reflecting new and former see) on 17 November 1995, having gained more territory, again from the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, which became its Metropolitan.
Bishops Ordinaries (all Roman Rite)
Apostolic Administrator Father Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. (1967 – 1970.01.14 see below)
Territorial Prelates of Madera Justo Goizueta Gridilla, O.A.R. (see above 1970.01.14 – 1988.02.02), retired Renato Ascencio León (1988.07.19 – 1994.10.07), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Suffragan Bishops of Cuauhtémoc–Madera Juan Guillermo López Soto (1995.11.17 – 2021.09.08) Jesús Omar Alemán Chávez (2022.12.07 – Present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop Constancio Miranda Wechmann, appointed Bishop of Atlacomulco, México in 1998
See also Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua Madera, Chihuahua
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