Diocese of Tlaxcala Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis Diócesis de Tlaxcala | |
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 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Puebla de los Ángeles |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,568 sq mi (4,060 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,077,000 1,055,000 (98%) |
| Parishes | 76 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 23 May 1959 (64 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Francisco Moreno Barrón |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Victor Sánchez Espinosa |
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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 (founded in 1519 and so named in 1525, the oldest diocese in Mexico). [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 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the episcopal see of Tlaxcala.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Luis Munive Escobar (1959–2001)
- Jacinto Guerrero Torres (2001–2006)
- Francisco Moreno Barrón (2008–2016)
- Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J. (2017–)
Coadjutor bishop
- Jacinto Guerrero Torres (1991-2001)
References
- ^ a b "Diocese of Tlaxcala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ Crivelli, Camillus (1913). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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