Diocese of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tlaxcala, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tlaxcala, Mexico, erected on 23 May 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles and its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 May 1959
- Latin
- Tlaxcalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003238
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,055,000
- Population
- 1,077,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.0%
- Priests
- 175
- Catholics per priest
- 6,029
- Extent
- 4,061 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 260
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
- Julio Cesar Salcedo Aquino
- Born
- 12 April 1951
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de México
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI S. GIUSEPPE NEL MESSICO
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 Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Tlaxcala, 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 Puebla de los Angeles
A suffragan of Puebla de los Angeles.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Huajuapan de LeónHuajuapan de León
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The present Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico. It is a suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles, a see that itself officially bore the name Diocese of Tlaxcala until 1903: founded in 1519 and so named in 1525, it is the oldest diocese in Mexico. The cathedra of the modern diocese rests in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the see city of Tlaxcala.
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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.