Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico
The Diocese of Tehuantepec (Latin: Dioecesis Tehuantepecensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera.[3] It was erected in 1891 from the Dioceses of Veracruz and Antequera.[4]
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 (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 (1959-1970), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
- Arturo Lona Reyes (1971-2000)
- Felipe Padilla Cardona (2000-2009), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
- Óscar Armando Campos Contreras (2010-2017), appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco
- Crispin Ojeda Márquez (2018–present)
Coadjutor bishop
Auxiliary bishop
References