Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles explained
| Jurisdiction: | Archdiocese |
| Puebla de los Angeles |
| Latin: | Archidioecesis Angelorum |
| Local: | Arquidiócesis de Puebla de los Ángeles |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Province: | Puebla de los Ángeles |
| Area Sqmi: | 8,084 |
| Population: | 4,382,207 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Catholics: | 4,054,856 |
| Catholics Percent: | 92.5 |
| Parishes: | 207 |
| Denomination: | Catholic Church |
| Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
| Rite: | Roman Rite |
| Established: | 13 October 1525 (years ago) |
| Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Bishop: | Victor Sánchez Espinosa |
| Bishop Title: | Archbishop |
| Auxiliary Bishops: | Tomás López Durán[1] |
| Map: | Arquidiócesis de Puebla.svg |
The Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It is the oldest Catholic diocese in Mexico. It was established on October 13, 1525 as the "Diocese of Tlaxcala" and retained that name until it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1903. In 1959 a new Diocese of Tlaxcala was created and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.[2] [3]
A separate diocese seated in Mexico City was created in 1530 and replaced the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain as Tlaxcala's metropolitan see in 1546. While its place as Mexico's most important Catholic see was short-lived, the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles is one of the largest archdioceses in Mexico today. Now a metropolitan see itself, within the ecclesiastical province of Puebla de los Ángeles contains three suffragan dioceses: Huajuapan de León, Tehuacán, and Tlaxcala.
Bishops
Coadjutor bishop
- José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934–1945)
Auxiliary bishops
- Francisco Juan Leiza (de Leyva) (1739–1747)
- Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (1749–1765), appointed Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
- José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934), appointed Coadjutor here
- Emilio Abascal y Salmerón (1953–1968), appointed Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz
- Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1970–1977), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes
- Rosendo Huesca Pacheco (1970–1977), appointed Archbishop here
- Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (2011–2016), appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas
- Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011–2013), appointed Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero
- Tomás López Durán (2013–
- Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2013–2020), appointed Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón[4]
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal, appointed titular Bishop in 1834
- Luis Munive Escobar, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala in 1959
- Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño, appointed Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo in 1963
- José Trinidad Medel Pérez, appointed Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo in 1986
See also
19.0429°N -98.1984°W
Notes and References
- Web site: RINUNCE E NOMINE. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212081908/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/06/0813/01827.html . 2013-12-12 .
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pueb0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles"
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpuem.html "Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla"
- News: Zambrano . Jaime . Nombra el Papa a obispo auxiliar de Puebla como obispo de Ciudad Obregón . Sep 15, 2020 . www.msn.com . Milenio . September 15, 2020 . es.
