Diocese of Texcoco

Dioecesis Texcocensis

Diócesis de Texcoco
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tlalnepantla
MetropolitanTlalnepantla
Statistics
Area439 sq mi (1,140 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,605,000
1,442,534 (89.9%)
Parishes60
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 April 1960 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJuan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco (Latin: Dioecesis Texcocensis) (erected 30 April 1960) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Francisco Ferreira Arreola (1960–1977)
  • Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes (1978–1997)
  • Carlos Aguiar Retes (1997–2009), appointed Archbishop of Tlalnepantla; elevated to Cardinal in 2016
  • Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2009–Present)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes (1972-1978), appointed Bishop here
  • Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2001-2005), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (later returned to this diocese as Bishop)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, appointed Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México in 2003
  • Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, appointed Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México in 2012
  • Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia, appointed Bishop of Teotihuacán, México in 2008
  • Jorge Cuapio Bautista, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México in 2015

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1964Archdiocese of MéxicoDiocese of Tlalnepantla
1979Diocese of TlalnepantlaDiocese of Cuautitlán
1979Diocese of Netzahualcóyotl
1995Archdiocese of TlalnepantlaDiocese of Ecatepec
  • "Diocese of Texcoco". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 10 February 2007.



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