Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles
Angelorum
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Acajete, Puebla, Mexico
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1525
- Latin
- Angelorum
- Patron
- Virgen de Ocotlán
- Annuario code
- 001002674
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,050,000
- Population
- 4,382,207
- Catholic share
- 92.4%
- Priests
- 739
- Catholics per priest
- 5,480
- Extent
- 20,937 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 193
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
- Archbishop
- José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Acajete, 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 Ángeles
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of TehuacánAcatepec
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mexico's oldest Catholic diocese is the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum), a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory established on October 13, 1525 as the "Diocese of Tlaxcala". It kept that name until its elevation to an archdiocese in 1903. A new Diocese of Tlaxcala, created in 1959, is now suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.
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].