The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán ( la, Dioecesis Cuautitlanensis) is based in the city of

Cuautitlán Cuautitlán (), is a municipality in the State of Mexico, just north of the northern tip of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) within the Greater Mexico City urban area. The city of Cuautitlán is the municipal seat and makes up most of the ...

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

History

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established the diocese on 5 February 1979. On 9 June 2014,

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

erected the new Diocese of Izcalli with territory taken from the diocese.

Ordinaries

Manuel Samaniego Barriga Manuel Samaniego Barriga (born 10 October 1930 in Angamacatiro) was a Mexicans, Mexican clergyman and auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, and later for Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Ciudad Altamirano and Cuautitlán. He be ...

(1979 - 2005) * Guillermo Ortiz Mondragón (2005 - 2021); died in office on September 14, 2021 *

Efraín Mendoza Cruz Efraín is a masculine Spanish given name, a cognate of Ephraim. Notable people with the name include: * Efrain Chacurian (1924–2019), Argentine-born naturalised American soccer player * Efraín Cortés (born 1984), Colombian football defender ...

(2022 - present)

Gallery

File:Main altar Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán.jpg, Main altar of the church File:Jesus Christ statue at Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán.jpg, Statue of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

inside the church Our Lady of Sorrows at Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán.jpg, Statue of

Our Lady of Sorrows Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

inside the church Grave of Manuel Samaniego Barriga.jpg, Grave of priest Manuel Samaniego Barriga inside the church

References

External links

* Cuautitlan Cuautitlan 1979 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub