Diocese of Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Puerto Escondido / Portus Abditi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antequera

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2003.11.08: Established as Diocese of Puerto Escondido / Portus Abditi (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera)

Contact Info

Address: Ntra. Sra. de la Soledad, Av. Felipe Merklin s/n, Centro, 71980 - Puerto Escondido, Oax., Mexico

Phone: (954) 5-82-01-07

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.02.16 – ...):

Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Puerto Escondido (Roman Rite)

Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (74)
(2019.02.16 – ...)

Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico)

Tu palabra es lámpara para mis pasos

Born:	1950.10.27 (Acambay, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.02.28

Priest of México (Mexico) (1982.04.22 – 2008.11.27)

Titular Bishop of Thimida regia (2008.11.27 – 2019.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2008.11.27 – 2019.02.16)

Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico) (2019.02.16 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos (74) (later Archbishop)
(2012.10.31 – 2018.02.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico)

Domine tu scis qua amo te

Born:	1950.09.16 (Huisquilco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1975.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.01.30

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1975.04.15 – 2012.10.31)

Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico) (2012.10.31 – 2018.02.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) (2018.02.10 – ...)

Bishop Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega, C.O.R.C. (65)
(2003.11.08 – 2012.06.27)

Bishop of Córdoba (Mexico)

Según el corazón de Cristo

Born:	1959.03.18 (México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.07

Bishop of Puerto Escondido (Mexico) (2003.11.08 – 2012.06.27)

Bishop of Parral (Mexico) (2012.06.27 – 2019.11.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Córdoba (Mexico) (2019.11.06 – 2020.07.04)

Bishop of Córdoba (Mexico) (2020.07.04 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
Future Cathedral: Nueva Catedral, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca

Acapulco (↖), Huajuapan de León (↑), Antequera (↗), Tehuantepec (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,221 km²

Population: 576,492 Catholics (76.4% of 754,207 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 61 priests (53 diocesan, 8 religious), 53 religious (19 brothers, 34 sisters), 24 seminarians