Diocese of Cuautitlán, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cuautitlán / Cuautitlanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tlalnepantla

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Bonaventure (July 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 14

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1979.02.05: Established as Diocese of Cuautitlán / Cuautitlanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Texcoco and Diocese of Tlalnepantla and became suffragan of México)
1984.11.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Atlacomulco
1989.06.17: Became suffragan of Tlalnepantla
2014.06.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Izcalli

Contact Info

Address: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz # 208 Anexo a Catedral, Barrio del Huerto, 54800 - Cuautitlán, Mex., Mexico

Phone: (55) 58-72-19-96

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.11.09 – ...):

Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cuautitlán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz (65)
(2022.11.09 – ...)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico)

Sirviendo con alegría

Born:	1959.11.24 (Tlalnepantla, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1988.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.27

Priest of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1988.10.18 – 2011.06.04)

Titular Bishop of Cubda (2011.06.04 – 2022.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (2011.06.04 – 2022.11.09)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (2022.11.09 – ...)

Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.09.14 – 2022.11.09)

Bishop Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón
(2005.10.19 – 2021.09.14)

Born:	1947.03.13 (Toluca, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.04
Died:	2021.09.14 (Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico † 74)

Priest of México (Mexico) (1976.06.05 – 2000.01.29)

Titular Bishop of Nova barbara (2000.01.29 – 2005.10.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2000.01.29 – 2005.10.19)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (2005.10.19 – 2021.09.14)

Bishop Manuel Samaniego Barriga
(1979.02.05 – 2005.06.26)

Born:	1930.10.10 (Angamacatiro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.06
Died:	2005.06.26 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Passo Corese (1969.04.30 – 1971.01.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1969.04.30 – 1971.01.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Altamirano (Mexico) (1971.01.11 – 1979.02.05)

Bishop of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (1979.02.05 – 2005.06.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Buenaventura, Cuautitlán, México

Izcalli (←), Tula (↑), Tulancingo (↗), Teotihuacan (→), Ecatepec (↘), México (↓), Tlalnepantla (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,119 km²

Population: 1,306,400 Catholics (74.9% of 1,743,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 83 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 136 priests (122 diocesan, 14 religious), 106 religious (29 brothers, 77 sisters), 46 seminarians