Diocese of Huejutla
Hueiutlen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Huejutla, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in the Huasteca region of Hidalgo, Mexico, erected 24 November 1922. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Augustine in Huejutla de Reyes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 November 1922
- Latin
- Hueiutlen(sis)
- Patron
- Cristo Rey
- Annuario code
- 001001625
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 547,000
- Population
- 557,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.2%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 5,582
- Extent
- 6,014 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Hirais Acosta Beltran
- Born
- 22 September 1966
- Birthplace
- Pezmatlán
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Augustine stands in Huejutla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tulancingo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tulancingo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TulancingoAcatlán
- Diocese of TulaAjacuba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centred on the city of Huejutla de Reyes in Hidalgo, Mexico, the Diocese of Huejutla (Latin: Dioecesis Hueiutlensis) was erected on 24 November 1922 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.