Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Huajuapan de León
Latin:Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis
Local:Diócesis de Huajuapan de León
Country:Mexico
Province:Puebla de los Ángeles
Area Sqmi:10,042
Population:760,000
Population As Of:2006
Catholics:720.000
Catholics Percent:94.7
Parishes:71
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:25 April 1902 (years ago)
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Bishop:Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz
Metro Archbishop:Victor Sánchez Espinosa
Map:Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan in Mexico.jpg
Website:arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx

The Diocese of Huajuapan de León (Latin: Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles. It was erected on 25 April 1902 as the "Diocese of Mixtecas" and renamed on 13 November 1903. It cathedra is found within the Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe in the episcopal see of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca.

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