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Metropolitan see Alemán, Baja California, Mexico

Archdiocese of Tijuana

Tigiuanaën(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Tijuana is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Baja California, Mexico, erected as a diocese in 1963 and elevated to archdiocese in 2006. The see has been vacant since the death of Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón in 2025, with Bishop Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano serving as apostolic administrator.

On the map

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Alemán, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1963
Catholics
2,450,000
Priests
279
Territory
24,970 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe stands in Alemán, 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.

History

Three suffragan dioceses, Ensenada, La Paz en la Baja California Sur, and Mexicali, make up the province headed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana (Latin: Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis). This Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico is based in the city of Tijuana, Baja California.