Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León

Diocese of Huajuapan de León Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis Diócesis de Huajuapan de León
Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Puebla de los Angeles
Metropolitan	Huajuapan de León
Statistics
Area	10,042 sq mi (26,010 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 760,000 720.000 (94.7%)
Parishes	71
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 April 1902 (122 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Metropolitan Archbishop	Victor Sánchez Espinosa
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx

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.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Rafael Amador y Hernández (1903 -1923)
• Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1923 -1933), appointed Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo
• Jenaro Méndez del Río (1933 -1952)
• Celestino Fernández y Fernández (1952 -1967)
• José López Lara (1967 -1981), appointed Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
• José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez (1982 -1991)
• Felipe Padilla Cardona (1992 -1996), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
• Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda (2000 - 2020)

Auxiliary bishop

• Celestino Fernández y Fernández (1948-1952), appointed Bishop here

Episcopal See

• Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca

External links and references

• "Diocese of Huajuapan de León". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.