Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec
Diocese of Tehuantepec Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Antequera |
| Population - Catholics (including non-members) | 1,320,000[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | June 23, 1891[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Crispín Ojeda Márquez Bishop of Tehuantepec |
The Diocese of Tehuantepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera.[3] It was erected in 1891 from the Dioceses of Veracruz and Antequera.[4]
Bishops[]
Ordinaries[]
- (1893-1901),appointed, Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo
- , C.M. (1902-1907)
- (1907-1922), appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zacatecas
- (1923-1933), appointed, Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca
- (1933-1959), appointed Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz
- (1959-1970), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
- Arturo Lona Reyes (1971-2000)
- (2000-2009), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
- (2010-2017), appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco
- (2018-present)
Coadjutor bishop[]
- (1996-2000)
Auxiliary bishop[]
- José Refugio Mercado Díaz (2003-2009)
References[]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Archdiocese Statistics at Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Tehuantepec - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Lyman De Platt (1978). Genealogical historical guide to Latin America. Gale Research Co. p. 96.
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