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Suffragan diocese Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa, Oaxaca, Mexico

Diocese of Tuxtepec

Tuxtepecen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Tuxtepec is a Latin Catholic diocese in Oaxaca, Mexico, erected in 1979, with its cathedral dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, and following the 2026 transfer of its previous bishop is administered by Apostolic Administrator Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín.

On the map

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Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1979
Catholics
660,000
Priests
58
Territory
6,000 km²

Parishes and churches

27 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 San Juan Bautista stands in Acatlán de Pérez Figueroa, 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

With its episcopal see at San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, the Diocese of Tuxtepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Mexico, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera.