Diocese of Texcoco
Texcocen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Camelias, Mexico
The Diocese of Texcoco is a Latin rite diocese in the State of Mexico, erected in 1960 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla since 1989. Bishop Carlos Enrique Samaniego López was appointed in 2025 and installed as its fifth bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1960
- Latin
- Texcocen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001003210
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,270,000
- Population
- 1,423,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.2%
- Priests
- 147
- Catholics per priest
- 8,639
- Extent
- 1,131 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,123
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
- Carlos Enrique Samaniego López
- Born
- 8 October 1973
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de México
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 Camelias, 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 Tlalnepantla
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TlalnepantlaAtizapán
- Diocese of CuautitlánCuautitlán
- Diocese of EcatepecEcatepec
- Diocese of IzcalliIzcalli
- Diocese of NetzahualcóyotlNetzahualcóyotl
- Diocese of TeotihuacanAcolman
- Diocese of Valle de ChalcoValle de Chalco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.