The Diocese of Tuxtepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis) 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. The diocese's episcopal see is San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec.
Diocese of Tuxtepec Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis | |
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 Former Tuxtepec Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca |
| Population - Catholics | 660,000[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | January 8, 1979[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Alberto González Juárez, Bishop of Tuxtepec |
| Map | |
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Ordinaries edit
- José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. (1979 - 2005)
- José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (2005 - 2014), appointed Archbishop of Durango
- José Alberto González Juárez (2015 – present)
External links and references edit
- "Diocese of Tuxtepec". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
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