The Diocese of Tehuantepec ( la, Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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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 Antequera.Tehuantepec
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article It was erected in 1891 from the Dioceses of Veracruz and Antequera.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* José Mora y del Rio (1893-1901),appointed, Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo * Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguna, C.M. (1902-1907) *

Ignacio Placencia y Moreira Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of sev ...

(1907-1922), appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Zacatecas * Jenaro Méndez y del Río (1923-1933), appointed, Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca * Jesús Villareal y Fierro (1933-1959), appointed Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz *

José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios 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 ...

(1959-1970), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca *

Arturo Lona Reyes Arturo Lona Reyes (1 November 192531 October 2020) was a Mexican bishop who served as the Catholic bishop from Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. He served in his position for 30 years before resigning from his diocese in 2001. Early life and career ...

(1971-2000) *

Felipe Padilla Cardona Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy pe ...

(2000-2009), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora * Óscar Armando Campos Contreras (2010-2017), appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco *

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(2018-present)

Coadjutor bishop

(1996-2000)

Auxiliary bishop

José Refugio Mercado Díaz José Refugio Mercado Díaz (June 28, 1942 – October 15, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on April 2, 1972, Mercado Díaz was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec, Mexico and ti ...

(2003-2009)

References

Tehuantepec Tehuantepec (, in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The area was important in pre Hispanic peri ...

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