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Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles

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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 11 August 1903
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Puebla
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 20,937 (8,086 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Oriente
  • Official Web Site: https://www.arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx/
  • Mailing Address: Calle 16 de Septiembre 901, 72000 Puebla, Pue., México
  • Telephone: (222)232-45-91; 229-86-38
  • Fax: 246-28-72

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
13 October 1525ErectedDiocese of Carolense (Yucatán) (suppressed) Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) (erected)
2 September 1530Territory LostDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) Diocese of México (erected)
21 June 1535Territory LostDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) Diocese of Antequera, Oaxaca (erected)
12 February 1546Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) (From Seville (Spain) to Mexico (Mexico))
19 November 1561Territory LostDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) Diocese of Yucatán (Mérida) (erected)
16 March 1863Territory LostArchdiocese of Michoacán
Archdiocese of México
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Diocese of Chilapa (erected)
19 March 1863Territory LostDiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (erected)
12 March 1870Territory LostArchdiocese of México
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas
Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas (erected)
25 April 1902Territory LostArchdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Diocese of Mixtecas (erected)
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles
11 August 1903ElevatedDiocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Name Changed and Diocese raised to an Archdiocese)
19 June 1931Territory LostArchdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Teziutlan and Huetemalco) Diocese of Papantla
23 May 1959Territory LostArchdiocese of México (Tlaxcala)
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Tlaxcala)
Diocese of Tlaxcala (erected)
13 January 1962Territory LostArchdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca (District of Tehuacan)
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Talcotepec (Santa Cruz), Atexcal (San Martin), Yehuaìtepec, Xochitlan (Todos Santos), Coyotepec (San Vicente), Ixcaquixtla (San Juan Bautista), Atenayuca (Juan N. Méndez), Cañada Morelos, and Palmar de Bravo.)
Diocese of Tehuacán (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles
19501,470,0001,500,00098.0%286663524,17690901173ap1951
19661,709,8001,724,84699.1%2971144114,160145ap1967
19681,796,2171,838,76797.7%2812505313,382281900142ap1971
19761,962,7742,038,66896.3%292983905,0321321,032158ap1977
19802,210,5122,289,94296.5%3031094125,365174998173ap1981
19902,855,7943,173,10590.0%330894196,81523301,136201ap1991
19994,702,2644,930,52995.4%3941175119,20212291,033204ap2000
20004,585,3024,967,82592.3%4041205248,7502481,039234ap2001
20014,709,1065,101,95792.3%3951335288,9182461,190242ap2002
20023,567,4893,809,38593.6%4071005077,0362101,206243ap2003
20033,971,0654,291,65392.5%4041095137,7401991,097245ap2004
20044,054,8564,382,20792.5%4071215287,67922201,100207ap2005
20114,484,0004,820,00093.0%3871605478,1972208720277ap2014
20163,993,6745,033,78879.3%4041545587,1574208989311ap2017
20195,554,2007,048,60078.8%4271605879,46262341,459322ap2020
20215,660,2807,182,97078.8%4393007397,65953481,202316ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 314
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 338
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 382
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 409
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 163

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