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Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

comprises eighteen

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s each headed by an

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. The provinces in turn comprise 18

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s, 69

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and each headed by a

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(of some kind).

List of Dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Acapulco

* Archdiocese of Acapulco ** Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa ** Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano ** Diocese of Tlapa

Ecclesiastical province of Antequera, Oaxaca

* Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca ** Diocese of Puerto Escondido ** Diocese of Tehuantepec ** Diocese of Tuxtepec ** Prelature of Huautla ** Prelature of Mixes

Ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua

Archdiocese of Chihuahua The Archdiocese of Chihuahua
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** <a class= Diocese of Ciudad Juárez ** Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera ** Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes ** Diocese of Parral ** Diocese of Tarahumara

Ecclesiastical province of Durango

* Archdiocese of Durango ** Diocese of Mazatlán ** Diocese of Torreón ** Diocese of Gómez Palacio ** Prelature of El Salto

Ecclesiastical province of Guadalajara

* Archdiocese of Guadalajara ** Diocese of Aguascalientes ** Diocese of Autlán ** Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán ** Diocese of Colima ** Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos ** Diocese of Tepic ** Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar

Ecclesiastical province of Hermosillo

* Archdiocese of Hermosillo ** Diocese of Ciudad Obregón **

Diocese of Culiacán In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

** Diocese of Nogales

Ecclesiastical province of Jalapa (Xalapa)

* Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa) ** Diocese of Coatzacoalcos ** Diocese of Córdoba ** Diocese of Orizaba ** Diocese of Papantla ** Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla ** Diocese of Tuxpan ** Diocese of Veracruz

Ecclesiastical province of León

Archdiocese of León In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

** Diocese of Celaya ** Diocese of Irapuato ** Diocese of Querétaro

Ecclesiastical province of México

Archdiocese of Mexico The Archdiocese of Mexico () 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 an archdiocese on 12 February 15 ...

** Diocese of Azcapotzalco ** Diocese of Iztapalapa ** Diocese of Xochimilco

Ecclesiastical province of Monterrey

* Archdiocese of Monterrey ** Diocese of Ciudad Victoria ** Diocese of Linares ** Diocese of Matamoros ** Diocese of Nuevo Laredo ** Diocese of Piedras Negras ** Diocese of Saltillo ** Diocese of Tampico

Ecclesiastical province of Morelia

* Archdiocese of Morelia ** Diocese of Apatzingan ** Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas ** Diocese of Tacámbaro ** Diocese of Zamora

Ecclesiastical province of Puebla de los Angeles

* Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles ** Diocese of Huajuapan de León ** Diocese of Tehuacán ** Diocese of Tlaxcala

Ecclesiastical province of San Luis Potosí

* Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí ** Diocese of Ciudad Valles ** Diocese of Matehuala ** Diocese of Zacatecas

Ecclesiastical province of Tijuana

Archdiocese of Tijuana The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana () is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. It is based in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, and the province has the suffragan dioceses of Ensenada, La Paz en la Baja California Sur, and Mexicali ...

** Diocese of Ensenada ** Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur ** Diocese of Mexicali

Ecclesiastical province of Tlalnepantla

* Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla ** Diocese of Cuautitlán ** Diocese of Ecatepec ** Diocese of Netzahualcóyotl ** Diocese of

Teotihuacán Teotihuacan (; Spanish: ''Teotihuacán'', ; ) is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan is known today as ...

** Diocese of Texcoco ** Diocese of Valle de Chalco ** Diocese of Izcalli

Ecclesiastical province of Toluca

* Archdiocese of Toluca ** Diocese of Atlacomulco de Fabela ** Diocese of Cuernavaca ** Diocese of Tenancingo

Ecclesiastical province of Tulancingo

* Archdiocese of Tulancingo ** Diocese of Huejutla ** Diocese of Tula

Ecclesiastical province of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuxtla () is a Metropolitan Archdiocese based in Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Tapachula and Las Casas. Pope Benedict XVI elevated it to the level of archdiocese on 2 ...

** Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas **

Diocese of Tapachula The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tapachula () is a Latin rite suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. It cathedral Episcopal see is the Catedral de San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Tapachula, Chiapas. Its bis ...

Ecclesiastical province of Yucatán

* Archdiocese of Yucatán ** Diocese of Campeche ** Diocese of Tabasco ** Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal

Gallery of Episcopal Sees

File:Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Soledad in Acapulco 10.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Acapulco is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. File:12-05oaxaca098.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Antequera is Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. File:ChihuahuaCathFacade1.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua is Catedral Metropolitana de Chihuahua. File:Catedral durango day.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Durango is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora. File:Guadalajara-01.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara is Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima. File:Catedral de la Asunción en Hermosillo, Sonora. México. 02.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo is Catedral de la Ascunsión. File:Catedral5.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of León is Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz. File:Catedral fachada.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Mexico City is Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María. File:CatedralMTY.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Monterrey is Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey. File:Morelia Cathedral DSC 0524 AD.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Morelia is Catedral de San Salvador. File:Catedral de Puebla.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles is Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción. File:Catedral de San Luis Potosi Mexico..JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí is Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey. File:TJ Church.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Tijuana is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. File:CathedralTlalnepantla11.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla is Catedral de Corpus Christi. File:Catedraltul.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo is Catedral de San Juan Bautista. File:Tuxtla06.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez is Catedral de San Marcos. File:Xalapa catedral.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Xalapa is Catedral Metropolitana de la Immaculada Concepción. File:Merida-cathedral.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Yucatán is Catedral Metropolitana de San Ildefonso.

References

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External links

GCatholic.org
Catholic Church in Mexico *

Catholic dioceses