Diocese of Atlacomulco, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Atlacomulco / Atlacomulcan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Toluca

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1984.11.03: Established as Diocese of Atlacomulco / Atlacomulcan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Cuautitlán and Diocese of Toluca and became suffragan of México)
2019.09.28: Became suffragan of Toluca

Contact Info

Address: Hidalgo Sur #1 Col. Centro, 50450 - Atlacomulco, Méx., Mexico

Phone: (712) 1-22-05-53

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.07.03 – ...):	Bishop Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (73) Bishop of Tula (Mexico)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Atlacomulco (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (73)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Juan Odilón Martínez García (75)
(2010.04.30 – 2024.07.03)

Bishop emeritus of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Dominus pax nostra

Born:	1949.04.29 (Santa Ana, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.07.28

Priest of Toluca (Mexico) (1974.06.29 – 2010.04.30)

Bishop of Atlacomulco (Mexico) (2010.04.30 – 2024.07.03)

Bishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann (72) (later Archbishop)
(1998.06.27 – 2009.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Cristo vence

Born:	1952.09.15 (Las Cruces, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.04

Priest of Cuauhtémoc–Madera (Mexico) (1977.09.30 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Atlacomulco (Mexico) (1998.06.27 – 2009.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (2009.09.29 – ...)

Bishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz (later Archbishop)
(1984.11.03 – 1996.08.14)

Born:	1933.02.26 (Colonia del Valle, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1958.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.08.24
Died:	2015.12.04 († 82)

Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1970.05.30 – 1977.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Nin (1970.05.30 – 1984.11.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1977.12.09 – 1984.11.03)

Bishop of Atlacomulco (Mexico) (1984.11.03 – 1996.08.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1996.08.14 – 2009.02.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Divina Providencia, Atlacomulco, México
Former Cathedral: Iglesia de Santa María de Guadalupe, Atlacomulco, México

Morelia (←), Querétaro (↑), Tula (↗), Izcalli (→), Tlalnepantla (→), Toluca (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,364 km²

Population: 915,600 Catholics (80.0% of 1,144,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 118 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 61 religious (61 sisters), 35 seminarians