Diocese of Huajuapan de León, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Huajuapan de León / Huaiuapanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Puebla de los Ángeles

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1902.04.25: Established as Diocese of Mixtecas / Mixtecanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and without ecclesiastical province)
1903.08.11: Became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles
1903.11.13: Renamed as Diocese of Huajuapan de León / Huaiuapanen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Anexos de Catedral, Centro, 69000 - Huajuapan de León, Oax., Mexico

Phone: (953) 5-32-07-97

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.27 – ...):

Bishop Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huajuapan de León (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz (54)
(2021.03.27 – ...)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico)

Obediens usque ad mortem

Born:	1970.11.15 (Puebla, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1998.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.06.17

Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1998.06.29 – 2021.03.27)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (2021.03.27 – ...)

Bishop Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda
(2000.12.02 – 2020.07.02)

He venido para que tengan vida

Born:	1946.12.01 (Cucurpe, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1972.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.01.31
Died:	2020.07.02 (Huajuapan de León, Mexico † 73)

Priest of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1972.04.02 – 2000.12.02)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (2000.12.02 – 2020.07.02)

Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona (79)
(1992.02.15 – 1996.08.26)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

Unus Dominus

Born:	1945.05.01 (León, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.17

Priest of León (Mexico) (1973.06.10 – 1992.02.15)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1992.02.15 – 1996.08.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1996.08.26 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (2000.11.25 – 2009.10.01)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (2009.10.01 – 2020.09.15)

Bishop José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez
(1982.06.11 – 1991.03.08)

Born:	1931.04.19 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1955.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.08.10
Died:	1999.11.09 († 68)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1982.06.11 – 1991.03.08)

Bishop José López Lara
(1967.12.11 – 1981)

Born:	1927.03.19 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1953.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.02.22
Died:	1987.04.25 († 60)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1967.12.11 – 1981)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1981 – 1987.04.25)

Bishop Celestino Fernández y Fernández
(1952.05.12 – 1967.07.25)

Born:	1890.05.30 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1913.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.24
Died:	1980.12.04 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Binda (1948.03.20 – 1952.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1948.03.20 – 1952.05.12)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1952.05.12 – 1967.07.25)

Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena (1967.07.25 – 1980.12.04)

Bishop Jenaro Méndez del Río
(1933.03.17 – 1952.03.13)

Born:	1867.01.10 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1891.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.05.20
Died:	1952.03.13 († 85)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1923.03.16 – 1933.03.17)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1933.03.17 – 1952.03.13)

Bishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (later Archbishop)
(1923.08.03 – 1933.03.13)

Born:	1887.08.27 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1913.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.03.19
Died:	1970.02.07 († 82)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1923.08.03 – 1933.03.13)

Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1933.03.13 – 1937.05.01)

Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1937.05.01 – 1941.12.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1937.05.01 – 1941.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1941.12.12 – 1970.02.07)

Bishop Rafael Amador y Hernández
(1903.11.13 – 1923.06.08)

Born:	1856.02.02 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1885.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.06.29
Died:	1923.06.08 († 67)

Bishop of Mixtecas (Mexico) (1903.05.08 – 1903.11.13)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1903.11.13 – 1923.06.08)

Bishops of Mixtecas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Amador y Hernández
(1903.05.08 – 1903.11.13)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Celestino Fernández y Fernández (1948.03.20 – 1952.05.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca

Acapulco (↙), Tlapa (←), Puebla de los Ángeles (↑), Tehuacán (↗), Huautla (→), Antequera (↘), Puerto Escondido (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 26,000 km²

Population: 1,295,000 Catholics (97.4% of 1,329,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 76 parishes

Personnel: 118 priests (diocesan), 143 religious (143 sisters), 27 seminarians