Diocese of Tehuacán
Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis
Diócesis de Tehuacán
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Puebla de los Ángeles |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,431 sq mi (6,300 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,017,000 962,000 (94.6%) |
Parishes | 57 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 January 1962 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Victor Sánchez Espinosa |
The Diocese of Tehuacán (Latin: Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic ChurchinMexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles. The Diocese of Tehuacán was erected on 13 January 1962. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the episcopal seeofTehuacán, Puebla.
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