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Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León

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Parishes
  
71

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Mexico

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
26,009 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 760,000 720.000 (94.7%)

Established
  
25 April 1902 (114 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe

Bishop
  
Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda

Metropolitan archbishop
  
José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Huajuapan de León

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León (Latin: Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis) (erected 25 April 1902 as the Diocese of Mixtecas, renamed on 13 November 1903) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles.

Contents

Ordinaries

  • Rafael Amador y Hernández (1903 -1923)
  • Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1923 -1933)
  • Jenaro Méndez del Río (1933 -1952)
  • Celestino Fernández y Fernández (1952 -1967)
  • José López Lara (1967 -1981)
  • José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez (1982 -1991)
  • Felipe Padilla Cardona (1992 -1996)
  • Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda (2000 - )

    • Episcopal See

  • Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León Wikipedia
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