Archdiocese of Tulancingo
Tulancingen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Acatlán, Hidalgo, Mexico
The Archdiocese of Tulancingo is the metropolitan see covering the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, with suffragan dioceses of Huejutla and Tula. Founded in 1863 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2005, it is led by Archbishop Oscar Roberto Dominguez Couttolenc since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 January 1863
- Latin
- Tulancingen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001000013
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,480,845
- Population
- 1,607,000
- Catholic share
- 92.1%
- Priests
- 164
- Catholics per priest
- 9,030
- Extent
- 10,699 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 138
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
- Óscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc
- Born
- 13 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Puebla
- Institute
- ISTITUTO DI SANTA MARIA DI GUADALUPE PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE
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
Catedral de San Juan Bautista stands in Acatlán, 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 Tulancingo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HuejutlaHuejutla
- Diocese of TulaAjacuba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Comprising the province of Hidalgo in Mexico, the Archdiocese of Tulancingo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tulancingensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church, with its archiepiscopal see in the Mexican city of Tulancingo. Raised to archdiocesan rank on November 25, 2005, it holds metropolitan responsibility for the suffragan dioceses of Huejutla and Tula.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Arzobispado, Plaza de la Constitución s/n, 43600 Tulancingo, Hgo., México
- Telephone
- e fax [775]753-10-10
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].