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Diocese of Tlaxcala

*Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis*

Diócesis de Tlaxcala
Diocese of Tlaxcala; Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis; Diócesis de Tlaxcala
	Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Puebla de los Ángeles
Statistics
Area	1,568 sq mi (4,060 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 1,077,000; 1,055,000 (98%)
Parishes	76
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 May 1959 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francisco Moreno Barrón
Metropolitan Archbishop	Victor Sánchez Espinosa
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The Diocese of Tlaxcala (Latin: Dioecesis Tlaxcalensis) 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 Puebla de los Ángeles,^[1] which was itself officially named the "Diocese of Tlaxcala" until 1903 (founded in 1519 and so named in 1525, the oldest diocese in Mexico).^[2] The present Diocese of Tlaxcala was erected on 23 May 1959 from territory of that archdiocese and the adjacent Archdiocese of Mexico.^[1] Its cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the episcopal see of Tlaxcala.

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^ ^a ^b "Diocese of Tlaxcala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^ Crivelli, Camillus (1913). "Tlaxcala" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.