Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) (erected 23 May 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles,[1] which was itself officially named the Diocese of Tlaxcala until 1903.[2] The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico.[1]

This article is about the diocese established in 1959. For the diocese with this name before 1903, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.

Diocese of Tlaxcala Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis Diócesis de Tlaxcala
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Puebla de los Angeles
Metropolitan	Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
Statistics
Area	1,568 sq mi (4,060 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,077,000 1,055,000 (98%)
Parishes	76
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 May 1959 (61 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francisco Moreno Barrón
Metropolitan Archbishop	Victor Sánchez Espinosa
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Bishops

Ordinaries

• Luis Munive Escobar (1959–2001)
• Jacinto Guerrero Torres (2001–2006)
• Francisco Moreno Barrón (2008–2016)
• Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J. (2017–

Coadjutor bishop

• Jacinto Guerrero Torres (1991-2001)

Episcopal See

• Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

References

1. "Diocese of Tlaxcala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
2. Crivelli, Camillus (1913). "Tlaxcala" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. |access-date= requires |url= (help)