Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León
Appearance
Diocese of Huajuapan de León Dioecesis Angelorum Diócesis de Huajuapan de León | |
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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 | Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Victor Sánchez Espinosa |
Website | |
arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León (Template:Lang-la) (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.
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
External links and references
- "Diocese of Huajuapan de León". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.