The Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles () is a

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of the

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. It is the oldest Catholic diocese in

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. It was established on October 13, 1525 as the "Diocese of

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" and retained that name until it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1903. In 1959 a new Diocese of Tlaxcala was created and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles"
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was created in 1530 and replaced the

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as Tlaxcala's

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in 1546. While its place as Mexico's most important Catholic see was short-lived, the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles is one of the largest archdioceses in Mexico today. Now a metropolitan see itself, within the

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of Puebla de los Ángeles contains three

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s: Huajuapan de León,

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, and

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

* José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934–1945)

Auxiliary bishops

* Francisco Juan Leiza (de Leyva) (1739–1747) * Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (1749–1765), appointed Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca * José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934), appointed Coadjutor here * Emilio Abascal y Salmerón (1953–1968), appointed Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz * Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1970–1977), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes * Rosendo Huesca Pacheco (1970–1977), appointed Archbishop here * Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (2011–2016), appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas * Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011–2013), appointed Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero * Tomás López Durán (2013– * Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2013–2020), appointed Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal, appointed titular Bishop in 1834 * Luis Munive Escobar, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala in 1959 *

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, appointed Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo in 1963 * José Trinidad Medel Pérez, appointed Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo in 1986

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

References

See also