Diocese of Huajuapan de León
| Diocese of Huajuapan de León | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1902 |
| surface | 26,000 km² |
| Parishes | 72 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,259,850 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,238,455 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 98.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 112 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,058 |
| Religious sisters | 160 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe |
| Website | www.diocesisdehuajuapan.org |
The Diocese of Huajuapan de León ( lat. : Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis , span. : Diócesis de Huajuapan de León ) is an in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Huajuapan de León .
history
The diocese of Huajuapan de León was on April 25, 1902 by Pope Leo XIII. Erected as a diocese Mixtecas from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Antequera and the Diocese of Tlaxcala . On November 13, 1903, the Diocese Mixtecas was renamed the Diocese of Huajuapan de León .
The diocese of Huajuapan de León is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Mixtecas
- Rafael Amador y Hernández , 1903
Bishops of Huajuapan de León
- Rafael Amador y Hernández, 1903-1923
- Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes , 1923–1933, then Bishop of Tulancingo
- Jenaro Méndez y del Río , 1933-1952
- Celestino Fernández y Fernández , 1952-1967
- José López Lara , 1967–1981, then Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos
- José de Jesús Aguilera Rodríguez , 1982-1991
- Felipe Padilla Cardona , 1992–1996, then Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec
- Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda , 2000-2020
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020
See also
Web links
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