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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec

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Diocese of Tehuantepec

Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceAntequera
Population
- Catholics

1,320,000[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedJune 23, 1891[2]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCrispín 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]

Bishops

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References

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  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Archdiocese Statistics at Catholic Hierarchy
  3. ^ Tehuantepec - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. ^ Lyman De Platt (1978). Genealogical historical guide to Latin America. Gale Research Co. p. 96. ISBN 9780810313897.