Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala
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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.
The Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) 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 Puebla de los Ángeles,[1] which was itself officially named the "Diocese of Tlaxcala" until 1903 (founded in 1519 and so named in 1525, the oldest diocese in Mexico).[2] The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico.[1] Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the episcopal see of Tlaxcala.
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Diocese of Tlaxcala Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis Diócesis de Tlaxcala | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Puebla de los Ángeles |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,568 sq mi (4,060 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,077,000 1,055,000 (98%) |
Parishes | 76 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 23 May 1959 (64 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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