Diocese of

Tehuantepec 𝐖

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tehuantepec / Tehuantepecen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antequera

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1891.06.23: Established as Diocese of Tehuantepec / Tehuantepecen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera)
1959.05.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla
1964.12.21: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Mixes

Contact Info

Address: Mina s/n Anexos de Catedral, Centro, 70760 - Tehuantepec, Oax., Mexico

Phone: (971) 7-15-06-82

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.07.27 – ...):

Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tehuantepec (Roman Rite)

Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez (72)
(2018.07.27 – ...)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico)

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Born:	1952.03.19 (Tecomán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.28

Priest of Colima (Mexico) (1979.12.27 – 2011.06.04)

Titular Bishop of Dume (2011.06.04 – 2018.07.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2011.06.04 – 2018.07.27)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (2018.07.27 – ...)

Bishop Óscar Armando Campos Contreras (77)
(2010.02.02 – 2017.09.25)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico)

Born:	1947.09.18 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.07.12

Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1978.12.27 – 2006.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Summa (2006.05.23 – 2010.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (2006.05.23 – 2010.02.02)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (2010.02.02 – 2017.09.25)

Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) (2017.09.25 – 2024.05.04)

Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona (79)
(2000.11.25 – 2009.10.01)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

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 Arturo Lona Reyes
(1971.05.04 – 2000.11.25)

Born:	1925.11.01 (Aguascalientes, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1952.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.08.15
Died:	2020.10.31 (Lagunas, Mexico † 94)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1971.05.04 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios
(1959.08.08 – 1970.09.06)

Born:	1909.11.23 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1932.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.06.29
Died:	1997.02.21 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Amisus (1954.04.05 – 1959.08.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1954.04.05 – 1959.08.08)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1959.08.08 – 1970.09.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1970.09.06 – 1984.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Naraggara (1970.09.06 – 1997.02.21)

Bishop Jesús Villareal y Fierro
(1933.09.12 – 1959.05.23)

Born:	1884.04.26 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1908.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.10.29
Died:	1965.02.20 († 80)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1933.09.12 – 1959.05.23)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1959.05.23 – 1965.02.20)

Bishop Jenaro Méndez del Río
(1923.03.16 – 1933.03.17)

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 Ignacio Placencia y Moreira (later Archbishop)
(1907.09.15 – 1922.10.27)

Born:	1867.07.19 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1890.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.02.16
Died:	1951.12.05 († 84)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1907.09.15 – 1922.10.27)

Archbishop-Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1922.10.27 – 1951.12.05)

Bishop Carlos de Jesús Mejía y Laguana, C.M.
(1902.09.15 – 1907.09.02)

Born:	1851.11.03 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1874.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.01.11
Died:	1937.05.03 († 85)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1902.09.15 – 1907.09.02)

Titular Bishop of Cinna (1907.09.02 – 1937.05.03)

Bishop José Mora y del Rio (later Archbishop)
(1893.01.19 – 1901.09.12)

Born:	1854.02.24 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1877.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.03.19
Died:	1928.04.22 († 74)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1893.01.19 – 1901.09.12)

Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1901.09.12 – 1907.09.15)

Bishop of León (Mexico) (1907.09.15 – 1908.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1908.11.27 – 1928.04.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona (79) (1996.08.26 – 2000.11.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Refugio Mercado Díaz (2003.09.16 – 2009.06.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Pedro, Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Puerto Escondido (↙), Antequera (←), Mixes (↖), San Andrés Tuxtla (↑), Coatzacoalcos (↗), Tuxtla Gutiérrez (→), Tapachula (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,000 km²

Population: 660,990 Catholics (89.0% of 742,979 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (47 diocesan, 11 religious), 79 religious (13 brothers, 66 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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