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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuacán

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Diocese of Tehuacán

Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis

Diócesis de Tehuacán
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provincePuebla de los Ángeles
Statistics
Area2,431 sq mi (6,300 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,017,000
962,000 (94.6%)
Parishes57
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 January 1962 (62 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero
Metropolitan ArchbishopVictor Sánchez Espinosa

The Diocese of Tehuacán (Latin: Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles. The Diocese of Tehuacán was erected on 13 January 1962. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the episcopal see of Tehuacán, Puebla.

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  • "Diocese of Tehuacán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.