Diocese of Michoacán

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The Diocese of Michoacán was a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in colonial New Spain that oversaw the city of Valladolid (now Morelia) and surrounding regions in western Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Diocese of Michoacán canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ
former ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
administrativeCenter Morelia ⓘ
Valladolid, Michoacán ⓘ
category Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico ⓘ
Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century ⓘ
churchBody Catholic Church ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country New Spain ⓘ
denomination Latin Church ⓘ
episcopalSee Morelia ⓘ
Valladolid, Michoacán ⓘ
establishedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
governedBy bishop ⓘ
historicalNameOf Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial era of New Spain ⓘ
historicalTerritoryOf Roman Catholic Church in New Spain ⓘ
jurisdictionOver Valladolid, Michoacán ⓘ
surrounding regions in western Mexico ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Spanish ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Michoacán ⓘ
Morelia, Michoacán ⓘ
linked to: Morelia

Valladolid, Michoacán ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
western Mexico ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Mexico ⓘ
oversaw city of Valladolid (now Morelia) ⓘ
surrounding regions in western Mexico ⓘ
partOf Catholic Church in Mexico ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Province of Mexico (historical) ⓘ
primaryCity Morelia ⓘ
Valladolid, Michoacán ⓘ
regionServed Michoacán ⓘ
parts of western New Spain ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rite Roman Rite ⓘ
seeAlso Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia ⓘ
status suppressed diocese ⓘ
successor Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia ⓘ
suiIurisChurch Latin Church ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction diocese ⓘ

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