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Diocese of Tuxtepec

Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 8 January 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Oaxaca
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 6,000 (2,317 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Pacífico-Sur
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Bonfil 957 entre Francisco Villa y Juarez, 68320 Tuxtepec, Oax., México
  • Telephone: (287)875-48-61

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 January 1979ErectedTerritorial Prelature of Huautla (Tuxtepec along with Sochiapan and Tlacoatzintepec (in Cuicatlán)) Diocese of Tuxtepec (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980470,000500,00094.0%871531,33371814ap1981
1990576,000630,00091.4%15102523,0408102117ap1991
1999647,000740,00087.4%24133717,48617142525ap2000
2000655,000750,00087.3%24133717,70217142625ap2001
2001615,000700,00087.9%27123915,76917133125ap2002
2002630,000689,00091.4%26103617,50017102427ap2003
2003630,000689,00091.4%30104015,75017103127ap2004
2004660,000700,00094.3%33104315,34817102327ap2005
2010712,000754,00094.4%39115014,24015132828ap2011
2014738,000781,00094.5%4285014,7601082628ap2015
2017353,000460,90076.6%448526,7881083129ap2018
2020363,400474,80076.5%458536,8561083129ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 327, and Page 328

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