Diocese of Texcoco
| Diocese of Texcoco | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 1,139 km² |
| Parishes | 48 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,427,915 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 1,209,169 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 84.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 126 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,699 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 113 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 177 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | www.diocesisdetexcoco.org |
The Diocese of Texcoco ( lat. : Dioecesis Texcocensis , span. : Diócesis de Texcoco ) is one in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Texcoco . Their area includes the Municipios Atenco , Chiautla , Chicoloapan , Chiconcuac , Chimalhuacán , Papalotla , Tepetlaoxtoc , Texcoco and Tezoyuca .
history
The Diocese of Texcoco was on April 3, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Caelestis civitas from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Mexico City . On 13 January 1964, the diocese of Texcoco were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution aliam ex aliis erected Diocese of Tlalnepantla from. Further annexations took place on February 5, 1979 founding of the Apostolic Constitution Conferentia Episcopalis Mexicana erected Diocese of Cuautitlán and to the establishment of the Apostolic Constitution Plane Nobis erected diocese Nezahualcoyotl . The Diocese of Texcoco was on 28 June 1995 part of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution pastoral Ad curam erected Diocese of Ecatepec from. Another assignment of territory took place on December 3, 2008 to establish the diocese of Teotihuacan .
The Diocese of Texcoco is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla as a suffragan .
Bishops of Texcoco
- Francisco Ferreira Arreola , 1960-1977
- Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes , 1978-1997
- Carlos Aguiar Retes , 1997–2009, then Archbishop of Tlalnepantla
- Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Texcoco (Spanish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Texcoco on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Caelestis civitas , AAS 53 (1961), n.1, pp. 20ff.
- ↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. Aliam ex aliis , AAS 56 (1964), n.11, p. 671ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Conferentia Episcopalis Mexicana , AAS 71 (1979), n.10, pp. 331f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Plane Nobis , AAS 71 (1979), n.5, p. 329f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad curam pastoralem , AAS 87 (1995), n.12, p. 1079ff.