Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula

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Diocese of Tula

Dioecesis Tullanensis

Diócesis de Tula
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Catedral de San José
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tulancingo
MetropolitanTula de Allende
Statistics
Area3,201 sq mi (8,290 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
1,287,000
1,025,000 (79.6%)
Parishes45
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 February 1961 (60 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop
Map
Diócesis de Tula.svg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula (Latin: Dioecesis Tullanensis) (erected 27 February 1961) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of México until 25 November 2006.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

  • José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1961 - 1985), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
  • (1986 - 1993), appointed Archbishop of Durango
  • (1994 - 2005), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán
  • (2006 - )

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

  • , appointed Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca in 2005

Episcopal See[]

  • Tula, Hidalgo

External links and references[]

  • "Diocese of Tula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.


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