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Archdiocese of Tijuana ( la, Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in

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. It is based in the city of

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, and the

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has the

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s of Ensenada, La Paz en la Baja California Sur, and Mexicali.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O. Carm. (1873–1879). appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) * Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. (1880–1882), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero *

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(1921–1922) *

Alfredo Galindo Mendoza Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon name Alfred (name), Alfred and a common Italian language, Italian, Galician language, Galician, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given na ...

, M.Sp.S. (1948–1970) * Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1970–1982), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos; future Cardinal *

Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán Emilio may refer to: * Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio" * Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State * Emilio (given name) * ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen See also * Emílio (dis ...

(1983–1995), appointed Archbishop of Yucatán *

Rafael Romo Muñoz Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(1996–2016) * Francisco Moreno Barrón (2016–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas in 1991 *

Ramón Castro Castro Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name * Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán in 2004

External links and references

* *Official Website of the Archdiocese: http://www.iglesiatijuana.org/ Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico Tijuana, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of A Religious organizations established in 1874 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1874 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub