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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala

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Area
  
1,568 sq mi (4,060 km)

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Country
  
Mexico

Parishes
  
76

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Bishop
  
Francisco Moreno Barrón

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,077,000 1,055,000 (98%)

Established
  
23 May 1959 (57 years ago)

Metropolitan archbishop
  
José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Tlaxcala

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) (erected 23 May 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, which was itself officially named the Diocese of Tlaxcala until 1903. The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico.

Contents

Ordinaries

  • Luis Munive Escobar (1959–2001)
  • Jacinto Guerrero Torres (2001–2006)
  • Francisco Moreno Barrón (2008–2016)
  • As of February 2017, the see was vacant.

    Episcopal See

  • Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala Wikipedia