Diocese of Tehuacan
| Diocese of Tehuacan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles |
| Diocesan bishop | Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 6,295 km² |
| Parishes | 57 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,079,019 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 1.005.510 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 93.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 93 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,858 |
| Friars | 9 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 130 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | www.diocesisdetehuacan.com.mx |
The Diocese of Tehuacan ( Latin Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis , Spanish diócesis de Tehuacan ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tehuacan .
Its territory includes the Municipalities Chapulco , Tepanco de López , Santiago Miahuatlán , Nicolás Bravo , Tehuacan , San Antonio Cañada , Vicente Guerrero , Zapotitlán , San Gabriel Chilac , Altepexi , Ajalpan , Zinacatepec , Eloxochitlán , Zoquitlàn , San Sebastián Tlacotepec , Caltepec , San Jose Miahuatlán , Coxcatlán , Coyomeapan , Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez , Atexcal , Yehualtepec , Xochitlán Todos Santos , Coyotepec , Ixcaquixtla , Juan N. Méndez , Cañada Morelos and Palmar de Bravo in the state of Puebla .
history
The diocese of Tehuacán was on January 13, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quem ad modum from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Antequera and the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles as a suffragan .
Bishops of Tehuacán
- Rafael Ayala y Ayala , 1962-1985
- Norberto Rivera Carrera , 1985–1995, then Archbishop of Mexico City
- Mario Espinosa Contreras , 1996-2005, then Bishop of Mazatlán
- Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez , 2006–2017, then Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
- Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero , since 2018
