Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tlalnepantla / Tlanepantlan(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Cuautitlán, Ecatepec, Izcalli, Nezahualcóyotl, Teotihuacan, Texcoco, Valle de Chalco

Neighbouring Dioceses: Toluca (↙), Atlacomulco (←), Izcalli (↖), Cuautitlán (↑), Azcapotzalco (→), México (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1964.01.13: Established as Diocese of Tlalnepantla / Tlanepantlan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of México)
1979.02.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cuautitlán
1989.06.17: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla / Tlanepantlan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Cuautitlán, Nezahualcóyotl and Texcoco)
1995.06.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ecatepec and gained suffragan see Ecatepec
2003.07.08: Gained suffragan see Valle de Chalco
2008.12.03: Gained suffragan see Teotihuacan
2014.06.09: Gained suffragan see Izcalli

Contact Info

Address: Av. Juárez # 42, Centro, 54000 - Tlalnepantla, Méx., Mexico

Phone: (55) 55-65-39-44

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.01.25 – ...):

Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (73)

Apostolic Administrator of Azcapotzalco (Mexico)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tlalnepantla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (73)
(2019.01.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)
Apostolic Administrator of Azcapotzalco (Mexico)

In nomine Domini

Born:	1952.12.02 (Morelia, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1978.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.11

Priest of Tula (Mexico) (1978.10.14 – 2005.02.11)

Bishop of Tuxtepec (Mexico) (2005.02.11 – 2014.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (2014.09.26 – 2019.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (2019.01.25 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Cuautitlán (Mexico) (2021.09.14 – 2022.11.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Azcapotzalco (Mexico) (2026.04.13 – ...)

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes (76)
(2009.02.05 – 2017.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1950.01.09 (Tepic, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1973.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.29
Created Cardinal:	2016.11.19

Priest of Tepic (Mexico) (1973.04.22 – 1997.05.28)

Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico) (1997.05.28 – 2009.02.05)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2000 – 2003)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2003 – 2007.07.12)

General Secretary of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2004 – 2006)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2006 – 2012.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (2009.02.05 – 2017.12.07)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.13)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (2016.11.19 [2017.06.11] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (2017.12.07 – ...)

Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz
(1996.08.14 – 2009.02.05)

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

Archbishop Manuel Pérez-Gil y González
(1989.06.17 – 1996.02.14)

Born:	1921.01.13 (Morelia, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.18
Died:	1996.02.14 († 75)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico) (1966.07.18 – 1984.03.30)

Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1984.03.30 – 1989.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1989.06.17 – 1996.02.14)

Bishops of Tlalnepantla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manuel Pérez-Gil y González (later Archbishop)
(1984.03.30 – 1989.06.17)

(see above)

Bishop Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera (later Cardinal)
(1980.05.08 – 1983.11.08)

Al servicio de mis hermanos

Born:	1927.01.09 (San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1952.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.08.15
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2008.03.22 (Monterrey, Mexico † 81)

Priest of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico) (1952.03.08 – 1971.05.14)

Bishop of Tepic (Mexico) (1971.05.14 – 1980.05.08)

Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1980.05.08 – 1983.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1983.11.08 – 2003.01.25)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1988 – 1994)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) (1994.11.03 – 1995.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (1994.11.26 – 2008.03.22)

Bishop Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M.
(1964.01.13 – 1979.05.28)

Born:	1904.07.02 (Etzatlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1932.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.04.01
Died:	1983.08.16 († 79)

Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1964.01.13 – 1979.05.28)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista (59) (2015.03.04 – 2021.08.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz (66) (2011.06.04 – 2022.11.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Ramírez Navarro (86) (2000.12.27 – 2015.03.04)