Diocese of Tehuacán
Tehuacanien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Acatepec, Puebla, Mexico
The Diocese of Tehuacán is a Latin rite diocese in southeastern Puebla state, Mexico, erected in 1962 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tehuacán.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 January 1962
- Latin
- Tehuacanien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003189
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,047,860
- Population
- 1,124,380
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 93.2%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 11,147
- Extent
- 6,294 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 166
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
- Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero
- Born
- 7 July 1964
- Birthplace
- San Luis de la Paz
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Acatepec, 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 Ángeles
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.