Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toluca

Archdiocese of Toluca

Archidioecesis Tolucensis

Arquidiócesis de Toluca
Catedral de San José de Nazaret
Location
CountryMexico
MetropolitanToluca
Statistics
Area1,939 sq mi (5,020 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
3,318,000
3,105,000 (93.6%)
Parishes142
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established4 June 1950 (74 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Joseph of Nazareth
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopRaúl Gómez González
Auxiliary BishopsMaximino Martínez Miranda
Bishops emeritusFrancisco Javier Chavolla Ramos
Map
Website
www.diocesistoluca.org.mx

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toluca (Latin: Archidioecesis Tolucensis) (erected 4 June 1950 as a diocese and 28 September 2019 as an archdiocese) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Along with the Dioceses of Acapulco, Chilapa and Tacámbaro, it lost territory when the Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano was erected in 1964. It further lost territory in 1984 with the formation of the Diocese of Atlacomulco. On 26 November 2009, it lost territory again when Pope Benedict XVI created another suffragan diocese for the Archdiocese of Mexico, the Diocese of Tenancingo.

On 28 September 2019, Pope Francis changed the status of the diocese to that of a metropolitan archdiocese and assigned to it three suffragan dioceses that until then were suffragans of the Archdiocese of Mexico: Atlacomulco, Tenancingo, and Cuernavaca.[1]

  1. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 28.09.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.