The Diocese of Tlaxcala ( la, Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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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 in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, which was itself officially named the Diocese of Tlaxcala until 1903. The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent

Archdiocese of Mexico The Archdiocese of Mexico ( la, Archidioecesis Mexicanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that is situated in Mexico City, Mexico. It was erected as a diocese on 2 September 1530 and elevated to ...

. Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the episcopal see of

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

Bishops

Ordinaries

Luis Munive Escobar Luis Munive Escobar (June 21, 1920 − May 25, 2001) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on March 25, 1944, Munive Escobar was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlaxcala, Mexico Mexico (Spanish languag ...

(1959–2001) *Jacinto Guerrero Torres (2001–2006) *Francisco Moreno Barrón (2008–2016) *

Julio César Salcedo Aquino Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

, M.J. (2017–)

Coadjutor bishop

Jacinto Guerrero Torres Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese name meaning Hyacinth, which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr (Hyacinth and Protus), or the Hyacinth flower itself. Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Chinto" and "Jesse". Jacinto has onl ...

(1991-2001)

References

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