Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula (Latin: Dioecesis Tullanensis) (erected 27 February 1961) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of México until 25 November 2006.

Diocese of Tula Dioecesis Tullanensis Diócesis de Tula
Catedral de San José
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Tulancingo
Metropolitan	Tula de Allende
Statistics
Area	3,201 sq mi (8,290 km2)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,287,000 1,025,000 (79.6%)
Parishes	45
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 February 1961 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Domingo Díaz Martínez
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Bishops

Ordinaries

• José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1961 - 1985), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
• José Trinidad Medel Pérez (1986 - 1993), appointed Archbishop of Durango
• Octavio Villegas Aguilar (1994 - 2005), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán
• Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (2006 - )

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca in 2005

Episcopal See

• Tula, Hidalgo

External links and references

• "Diocese of Tula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.