Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana
Archdiocese of Tijuana Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis Arquidiócesis de Tijuana | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tijuana |
Metropolitan | Tijuana |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,641 sq mi (24,970 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 2,284,000 2,170,000 (95%) |
Parishes | 95 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 20 January 1874 (148 years ago) |
Cathedral | |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Moreno Barrón |
Map | |
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
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico
- Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Mexico
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tijuana
- Religious organizations established in 1874
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
- 1874 establishments in Mexico
- Mexican Roman Catholic diocese stubs