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Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles
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The Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles is the oldest Catholic diocese in Mexico, established in 1525 as the Diocese of Tlaxcala and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1903. It is led by Archbishop Víctor Sánchez Espinosa and oversees the suffragan dioceses of Huajuapan de León, Tehuacán, and Tlaxcala.
- Archbishop
- José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa
- Latin name
- Angelorum
- Established
- 1525 (archdiocese 1903)
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción)
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Puebla de los Ángeles
- Catholics
- 4,050,000
- Parishes
- 239
- Catholics per parish
- 16,946
- Chancery
- Calle 16 de Septiembre 901, 72000 Puebla, Pue., México
- Telephone
- Tel. [222]232-45-91
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Tlaxcala 31 km
- Valle de Chalco 79 km
- Texcoco 89 km
- Iztapalapa 96 km
- Xochimilco 98 km
- Teotihuacan 98 km
Parishes near the see
- Anunciación de María · Puebla 1 km
- Asunción de María · Puebla 1 km
- Calvario · Puebla 1 km
- Concepción de María · Puebla 1 km
- Coronación de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe · Puebla 1 km
- Corpus Christi · Puebla 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002674 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08