Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuacán: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico}}

{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Diocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese -->

| name = Tehuacán

| latin = Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis

| local = Diócesis de Tehuacán

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| country = [[Mexico]]

| metropolitan =

| territory =

| province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles|Puebla de los Ángeles]]

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<!---- Statistics ---->

| area_sqmi = 2,431

| population = 1,017,000

| population_as_of = 2010

| catholics = 962,000<!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese -->

| catholics_percent = 94.6

| parishes = 57

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| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->

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| denomination = [[Catholic Church]]

| sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]

| rite = [[Roman Rite]]

| established = 13 January 1962 ({{age|1962|1|13}} years ago)

| cathedral = [[Tehuacán Cathedral|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary]]

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| priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->

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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->

| bishop = [[Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero]]

| metro_archbishop = [[Victor Sánchez Espinosa]]

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The '''Diocese of Tehuacán''' ({{lang-la|Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis}}) is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical territory or [[diocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[Mexico]]. It is a [[suffragan]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the [[metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles|Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles]]. The Diocese of Tehuacán was erected on 13 January 1962. Its [[cathedra]] is found within the [[Tehuacán Cathedral|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary]] in the [[episcopal see]] of [[Tehuacán, Puebla]].

==Bishops==

===Ordinaries===

*[[Norberto Rivera Carrera]] (1985 -1995), appointed Archbishop of México, Federal District; elevated to Cardinal in 1998

*[[Mario Espinosa Contreras]] (1996 -2005), appointed Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa

*[[Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez]] (2006 -2017), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas

*[[Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero]] (2018 - )

===Auxiliary bishop===

*[[Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín]] (1978–1980), appointed Bishop of Papantla, Puebla

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