The Diocese of Tehuacán ( la, Dioecesis Tehuacaniensis) is a

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of the

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. It is a suffragan in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles. The Diocese of Tehuacán was erected on 13 January 1962. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the episcopal see of Tehuacán, Puebla.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Rafael Ayala y Ayala (1962 -1985) *

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(1985 -1995), appointed Archbishop of México, Federal District; elevated to Cardinal in 1998 * Mario Espinosa Contreras (1996 -2005), appointed Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa *

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(2006 -2017), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas *

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(2018 - )

Auxiliary bishop

* Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín (1978-1980), appointed Bishop of Papantla, Puebla

External links and references

* Tehuacan Puebla Tehuacan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuacan Tehuacan {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub