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Suffragan diocese Huajuapan de León, Mexico

Diocese of Huajuapan de León

Huaiuapanen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected 25 April 1902. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Huajuapan de Leon.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Huajuapan de León, Mexico.

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Established
1902
Catholics
720,000
Priests
118
Territory
26,009 km²

Parishes and churches

90 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Miguel Angel Castro Munoz
Born
15 November 1970
Birthplace
Puebla

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands in Huajuapan de León, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

First erected on 25 April 1902 under the name Diocese of Mixtecas, this Latin Church jurisdiction received its present name on 13 November 1903. The Diocese of Huajuapan de León (Latin: Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis) is a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, and its cathedra rests in the Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe in the see city of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca.