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Archdiocese of Tijuana

Tigiuanaën(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Alemán, Baja California, Mexico

The Archdiocese of Tijuana is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Baja California, Mexico, erected as a diocese in 1963 and elevated to archdiocese in 2006. The see has been vacant since the death of Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón in 2025, with Bishop Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano serving as apostolic administrator.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1963
Latin
Tigiuanaën(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Annuario code
001003224

The see in figures

Catholics
2,450,000
Population
2,284,000
Priests
279
Catholics per priest
8,781
Extent
24,970 km²
Catholics per km²
98

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

The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe stands in Alemán, 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 Tijuana

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Three suffragan dioceses, Ensenada, La Paz en la Baja California Sur, and Mexicali, make up the province headed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana (Latin: Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis). This Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico is based in the city of Tijuana, Baja California.

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Sources

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.