Diocese of Tula Dioecesis Tullanensis Diócesis de Tula | |
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) Catedral de San José | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tulancingo |
| Metropolitan | Tula de Allende |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,201 sq mi (8,290 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 1,287,000 1,025,000 (79.6%) |
| Parishes | 45 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 February 1961 (59 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tula (Latin: Dioecesis Tullanensis) (erected 27 February 1961) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of México until 25 November 2006.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1961 - 1985), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
- José Trinidad Medel Pérez (1986 - 1993), appointed Archbishop of Durango
- Octavio Villegas Aguilar (1994 - 2005), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán
- Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (2006 - )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, appointed Bishop of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca in 2005
Episcopal See
External links and references
- "Diocese of Tula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.