| Diocese of Tlaxcala Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis Diócesis de Tlaxcala | |
|---|---|
 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Puebla de los Ángeles |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,568 sq mi (4,060 km) |
| 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 (65 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Francisco Moreno Barrón |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Victor Sánchez Espinosa |
| 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, which was itself officially named the "Diocese of Tlaxcala" until 1903 (founded in 1519 and so named in 1525, the oldest diocese in Mexico). The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico. 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
- ^ "Diocese of Tlaxcala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- Crivelli, Camillus (1913). "Tlaxcala" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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