Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala

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This article is about the diocese established in 1959. For the diocese with this name before 1903, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.
Diocese of Tlaxcala

Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis

Diócesis de Tlaxcala
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Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provincePuebla de los Ángeles
Statistics
Area1,568 sq mi (4,060 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
1,077,000
1,055,000 (98%)
Parishes76
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established23 May 1959 (62 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Moreno Barrón
Metropolitan Archbishop
Map
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The Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) 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 Puebla de los Ángeles,[1] which was itself officially named the Diocese of Tlaxcala until 1903.[2] The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico.[1] Its cathedra is found within the in the episcopal see of Tlaxcala.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

  • Luis Munive Escobar (1959–2001)
  • Jacinto Guerrero Torres (2001–2006)
  • Francisco Moreno Barrón (2008–2016)
  • , M.J. (2017–

Coadjutor bishop[]

  • (1991-2001)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Diocese of Tlaxcala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  2. ^ Crivelli, Camillus (1913). "Tlaxcala" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)


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