Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula

Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico
Diocese of Tula

Dioecesis Tullanensis

Diócesis de Tula
Catedral de San José
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tulancingo
MetropolitanTula de Allende
Statistics
Area3,201 sq mi (8,290 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,287,000
1,025,000 (79.6%)
Parishes45
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 February 1961 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJuan Pedro Juárez Meléndez
Metropolitan ArchbishopDomingo Díaz Martínez
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula (Latin: Dioecesis Tullanensis) (erected 27 February 1961) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of México until 25 November 2006.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1961 - 1985), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
  • José Trinidad Medel Pérez (1986 - 1993), appointed Archbishop of Durango
  • Octavio Villegas Aguilar (1994 - 2005), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán
  • Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (2006 - )

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca in 2005

Episcopal See

  • Tula, Hidalgo

External links and references

  • "Diocese of Tula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.

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