Diocese of Tuxtepec
| Diocese of Tuxtepec | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Antequera |
| Diocesan bishop | José Alberto González Juárez |
| founding | 1979 |
| surface | 6,000 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 781,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 738,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 94.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 42 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,760 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 8 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Juan Bautista |
| Website | http://diocesisdetuxtepec.org/ |
The Diocese of Tuxtepec ( lat. : Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis , span. : Diócesis de Tuxtepec ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec .
history
The diocese of Tuxtepec was established on January 8, 1979 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Nuper sacer from territorial cession of the territorial prelature Huautla and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Antequera as a suffragan .
Bishops of Tuxtepec
- José de Jesús Castillo Rentería MNM , 1979-2005
- José Antonio Fernández Hurtado , 2005–2014, then Archbishop of Durango
- José Alberto González Juárez , since 2015
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Tuxtepec - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Nuper sacer , AAS 71 (1979), n.5, p. 327f.
