Diocese of Tula Dioecesis Tullanensis Diócesis de Tula | |
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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 (63 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
Map | |
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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.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- 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
[edit]- José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca in 2005
Episcopal See
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Tula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.