Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Texcoco
Latin:	Dioecesis Texcocensis
Local:	Diócesis de Texcoco
Country:	Mexico
Metropolitan:	Tlalnepantla
Province:	Province of Tlalnepantla
Area Sqmi:	439
Population:	1,605,000
Population As Of:	2010
Catholics:	1,442,534
Catholics Percent:	89.9
Parishes:	60
Denomination:	Roman Catholic
Rite:	Roman Rite
Established:	30 April 1960 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Bishop:	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez
Map:	Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco in Mexico.jpg

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco (la|Dioecesis Texcocensis) (erected 30 April 1960) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Francisco Ferreira Arreola (1960–1977)
• Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes (1978–1997)
• Carlos Aguiar Retes (1997–2009), appointed Archbishop of Tlalnepantla; elevated to Cardinal in 2016
• Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2009–Present)

Auxiliary bishops

• Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes (1972-1978), appointed Bishop here
• Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2001-2005), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (later returned to this diocese as Bishop)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, appointed Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México in 2003
• Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, appointed Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México in 2012
• Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia, appointed Bishop of Teotihuacán, México in 2008
• Jorge Cuapio Bautista, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México in 2015

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1964		Diocese of Tlalnepantla
1979		Diocese of Cuautitlán
1979		Diocese of Netzahualcóyotl
1995		Diocese of Ecatepec

External links and references

• Web site: Diocese of Texcoco. Catholic-Hierarchy. 10 February 2007.