The Diocese of Huajuapan de León ( la, Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese is a

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in the ecclesiastical province of the

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Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles. It was erected on 25 April 1902 as the "Diocese of Mixtecas" and renamed on 13 November 1903. It

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is found within the Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe in the

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Huajuapan de León Heroica Ciudad de Huajuapan de León ( mix, Ñuu dee, meaning ''Place of Brave People'') is a city with a surrounding municipality located in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Huajuapan District in the north ...

, Oaxaca.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Rafael Amador y Hernández (1903 -1923) * Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1923 -1933), appointed Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo *

Jenaro Méndez del Río Jenaro is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran (1893–1965), Spanish painter * Jenaro Flores Santos (born 1941), Bolivian trade union leader and politician *Jenaro Gajardo Vera (1919–1998), eccentric Chil ...

(1933 -1952) *

Celestino Fernández y Fernández Celestino is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Anthony Celestino, the touring bassist for the ''Blink-182'' side project, Box Car Racer *Celestino Alfonso (1916–1944), Spanish republican and volunteer in the ...

(1952 -1967) *

José López Lara José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...

(1967 -1981), appointed Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco *

José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(1982 -1991) * Felipe Padilla Cardona (1992 -1996), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca *

Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda (1 December 1946 – 2 July 2020) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Pino Miranda was born in Cucurpe, Mexico and was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Hermosillo in 1972. He served as bishop of ...

(2000 - 2020) * Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz (2021 - )

Auxiliary bishop

(1948-1952), appointed bishop here

External links and references

* Huajuapan de Leon Huajuapan de Leon, Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de Leon Huajuapan de Leon Oaxaca {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub