Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Puerto Escondido
Latin:Dioecesis Portus Abditi
Country:Mexico
Province:Antequera
Catholics:423,000[1]
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:November 8, 2003[2]
Bishop:Florencio Armando Colín Cruz
Bishop of Puerto Escondido
Map:Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido in Mexico.jpg

The Diocese of Puerto Escondido (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Abditi) 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.

On 31 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Pedro Vázquez Villalobos as Bishop of Puerto Escondido.[3] The diocese's episcopal see is Puerto Escondido.

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  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpues.html Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpues.html Archdiocese History
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 31 October 2012 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055434/http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/29930.php?index=29930&lang=en . dead .