Diocese of Tlaxcala, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tlaxcala / Tlaxcalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Puebla de los Ángeles

Neighbouring Dioceses: Texcoco (←), Teotihuacan (↖), Tulancingo (↑), Puebla de los Ángeles (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1525.10.13: Established as Diocese of Tlaxcala (from the suppressed Diocese of Carolense and became suffragan of Sevilla)
1530.09.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of México
1535.06.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Antequera
1543.06.06: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala)
1959.05.23: Restored as Diocese of Tlaxcala / Tlaxcalen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles)

Contact Info

Address: Lardizabal #45, Centro, 90000 - Tlaxcala. Tlax., Mexico

Phone: (246) 4-62-32-43

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tlaxcala (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J. (74)
(2017.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico)

José hizo

Born:	1951.04.12 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.08.30

Superior General of Missionaries of Saint Joseph (2009 – 2015)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (2017.06.15 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Moreno Barrón (later Archbishop)
(2008.03.28 – 2016.06.16)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1954.10.03 (Salamanca, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1979.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.20
Died:	2025.10.26 (Tijuana, Mexico † 71)

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1979.02.25 – 2002.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Gaguari (2002.02.02 – 2008.03.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2002.02.02 – 2008.03.28)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (2008.03.28 – 2016.06.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tijuana (Mexico) (2016.06.16 – 2025.10.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Mexicali (Mexico) (2022.02.25 – 2023.09.11)

Bishop Jacinto Guerrero Torres
(2001.02.10 – 2006.12.27)

Born:	1934.09.06 (Arandas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.01.06
Died:	2006.12.27 († 72)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1990.12.05 – 2001.02.10)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1990.12.05 – 2001.02.10)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (2001.02.10 – 2006.12.27)

Bishop Jacinto Guerrero Torres
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1990.12.05 – 2001.02.10)

Bishop Luis Munive Escobar
(1959.06.13 – 2001.02.10 deposed)

Born:	1920.06.21 (Santa Ana Chiautempan, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1944.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.11.12
Died:	2001.05.25 († 80)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1959.06.13 – 2001.02.10 deposed)

Bishop Julián Garcés, O.P.
(1525.10.13 – 1542.12.07)

Born:	1452 (Munébraga, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1526.12.01
Died:	1542.12.07 († 89)

Bishop of Carolense (Mexico) (1519.01.24 – 1525.10.13)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1525.10.13 – 1542.12.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jacinto Guerrero Torres (1990.12.05 – 2001.02.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (1749.09.22 – 1765.04.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Juan Leiza (1739.02.23 – 1747.10.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Tlaxcala
Former Cathedral: Iglesia de San José, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Tlaxcala
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Virgen de la Misericordia, Apizaco, Tlaxcala
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Huamantla, Tlaxcala
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Ocotlán, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Tlaxcala
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel del Milagro, Tlaxcala
Former Cathedral (now ruined): Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Tlaxcala
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Texcoco (←), Teotihuacan (↖), Tulancingo (↑), Puebla de los Ángeles (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,060 km²

Population: 1,227,700 Catholics (90.0% of 1,364,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes, 14 missions

Personnel: 165 priests (148 diocesan, 17 religious), 1 deacon, 177 religious (20 brothers, 157 sisters), 38 seminarians