Diocese of Tuxtepec

Diocese of Tuxtepec

Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis
Former Tuxtepec Cathedral
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Coordinates18°04′53″N 96°07′03″W / 18.08144872°N 96.11751224°W / 18.08144872; -96.11751224
Population
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Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJanuary 8, 1979[2]
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopJosé Alberto González Juárez,
Bishop of Tuxtepec
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The Diocese of Tuxtepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis) 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 Antequera. The diocese's episcopal see is San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec.

Ordinaries

  • José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. (1979 - 2005)
  • José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (2005 - 2014), appointed Archbishop of Durango
  • José Alberto González Juárez (2015 – present)
  • "Diocese of Tuxtepec". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.