Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana

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Archdiocese of Tijuana

Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis

Arquidiócesis de Tijuana
TJ Church.jpg
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tijuana
MetropolitanTijuana
Statistics
Area9,641 sq mi (24,970 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
2,284,000
2,170,000 (95%)
Parishes95
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 January 1874 (148 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Moreno Barrón
Map
Arquidiócesis de Tijuana.svg
Website
www.iglesiatijuana.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana (Latin: Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. It is based in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, and the province has the suffragan dioceses of Ensenada, La Paz en la Baja California Sur, and Mexicali.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

  • , O. Carm. (1873–1879). appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
  • , O.F.M. (1880–1882), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
  • (1921–1922)
  • , M.Sp.S. (1948–1970)
  • Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1970–1982), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos; future Cardinal
  • (1983–1995), appointed Archbishop of Yucatán
  • (1996–2016)
  • Francisco Moreno Barrón (2016–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

  • , appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas in 1991
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán in 2004

See also[]

External links and references[]

  • "Archdiocese of Tijuana". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
  • Official Website of the Archdiocese: http://www.iglesiatijuana.org/

Coordinates: 32°32′07″N 117°02′28″W / 32.5354°N 117.0410°W / 32.5354; -117.0410


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