The Diocese of Tuxtepec ( la, Dioecesis Tuxtepecensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is a

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in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera. The diocese's

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San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec ( nah, Tōchtepēc, "on the hill of rabbits"), or simply referred to as Tuxtepec, is the head of the municipality by the same name and is the second most populous city of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the ...

Ordinaries

José de Jesús Castillo Rentería José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, MNM (July 2, 1927 – April 23, 2013) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Tuxtepec, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion o ...

, M.N.M. (1979 - 2005) *

José Antonio Fernández Hurtado José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, 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 ...

(2005 - 2014), appointed Archbishop of Durango *

José Alberto González Juárez 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 vernacul ...

(2015 – present)

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* Christian organizations established in 1979 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Antequera, Oaxaca {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub