Diocese of Tehuantepec Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Antequera |
| Population - Catholics | 1,320,000[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | June 23, 1891[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Crispín Ojeda Márquez Bishop of Tehuantepec |
The Diocese of Tehuantepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis) 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.[3] It was erected in 1891 from the Dioceses of Veracruz and Antequera.[4]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Archdiocese Statistics at Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Tehuantepec - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ^ Lyman De Platt (1978). Genealogical historical guide to Latin America. Gale Research Co. p. 96. ISBN 9780810313897.