Diocese of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tlaxcala, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tlaxcala, Mexico, erected on 23 May 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles and its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 May 1959
- Latin
- Tlaxcalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003238
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,055,000
- Population
- 1,077,000
- Catholic share
- 98.0%
- Priests
- 175
- Catholics per priest
- 6,029
- Extent
- 4,061 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 260
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Julio Cesar Salcedo Aquino
- Born
- 12 April 1951
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de México
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI S. GIUSEPPE NEL MESSICO
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Tlaxcala, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Puebla de los Angeles
A suffragan of Puebla de los Angeles.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Huajuapan de LeónHuajuapan de León
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The present Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico. It is a suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles, a see that itself officially bore the name Diocese of Tlaxcala until 1903: founded in 1519 and so named in 1525, it is the oldest diocese in Mexico. The cathedra of the modern diocese rests in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the see city of Tlaxcala.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].