Diocese of Tula
| Diocese of Tula | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tulancingo |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez |
| Vicar General | Miguel Angel Rangel Ordóñez |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 8,290 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 610,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 509,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 83.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 80 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,919 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 6 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 96 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San José |
| Website | www.diocesisdetula.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula ( lat. : Dioecesis Tullanensis , span. : Diócesis de Tula ) is one in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tula de Allende .
history
The diocese of Tula was on February 27, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Postulant quandoque from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Mexico City and the Diocese of Tulancingo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mexico City as a suffragan .
On November 25, 2006, the Diocese of Tula by Pope Benedict XVI. subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tulancingo as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Mexicani populi .
Bishops of Tula
- José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra , 1961–1985, then Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
- José Trinidad Medel Pérez , 1986–1993, then Archbishop of Durango
- Octavio Villegas Aguilar , 1994–2005, then auxiliary bishop in Morelia
- Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez , since 2006
See also
Web links
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