Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxtepec

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico

Diocese of Tuxtepec Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis

Former Tuxtepec Cathedral
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Population - Catholics	660,000^[1]
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 8, 1979^[2]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Alberto González Juárez, Bishop of Tuxtepec
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The Diocese of Tuxtepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera. The diocese's episcopal see is San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec.

Ordinaries

José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. (1979 - 2005)
José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (2005 - 2014), appointed Archbishop of Durango
José Alberto González Juárez (2015 – present)

External links and references

^ Catholic Hierarchy page
^ Archdiocese Statistics at Catholic Hierarchy

"Diocese of Tuxtepec". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.

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History	History of the Catholic Church in Mexico
Contemporary	Pastoral Visits (Pope Francis)

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Saints

Religious

Priests and brothers	Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl
Sisters	La Merced Cloister University of the Cloister of Sor Juana

Jesus	(TBA)
Marian	Our Lady of Guadalupe (TBA)

Christmas	Nochebuena Navidad
Holy Week	Fasting and abstinence
Others	(TBA)

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