Diocese of Tula, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tula / Tullanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tulancingo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.02.27: Established as Diocese of Tula / Tullanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of México)
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of Tulancingo

Contact Info

Address: 5 de mayo #5, Centro, 42800 - Tula de Allende, Hgo., Mexico

Phone: (773) 7-32-02-75

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.10.12 – ...):

Bishop Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (73)

Apostolic Administrator of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tula (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Pedro Juárez Meléndez (73)
(2006.10.12 – ...)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico)
Apostolic Administrator of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Iglesia discípula y misionera

Born:	1951.06.26 (San Pedro Tlalcuapán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.11.26

Priest of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1975.08.09 – 2006.10.12)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico) (2006.10.12 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Atlacomulco (Mexico) (2024.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Octavio Villegas Aguilar (85)
(1994.04.27 – 2005.12.29)

Titular Bishop of Cissita
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico)

Born:	1940.01.26 (Copándaro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1966.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.05.25

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1966.03.05 – 1994.04.27)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico) (1994.04.27 – 2005.12.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2005.12.29 – 2015.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Cissita (2005.12.29 – ...)

Bishop José Trinidad Medel Pérez (later Archbishop)
(1986.05.22 – 1993.03.04)

Born:	1928.06.03 (Santa Cruz Aquiáhuac, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1955.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.12
Died:	2017.09.11 (Puebla, Mexico † 89)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico) (1986.05.22 – 1993.03.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (1993.03.04 – 2002.06.05)

Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (103)
(1961.05.22 – 1985.09.11)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1922.01.01 (Cotija, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1946.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.08

Priest of Zamora (Mexico) (1946.05.26 – 1961.05.22)

Bishop of Tula (Mexico) (1961.05.22 – 1985.09.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (1985.09.11 – 1993.05.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San José, Tula, Hidalgo

Churches by City (47)

Atlacomulco (↙), Querétaro (←), Huejutla (↗), Tulancingo (↘), Cuautitlán (↓), Izcalli (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,289 km²

Population: 520,100 Catholics (83.2% of 625,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes

Personnel: 89 priests (82 diocesan, 7 religious), 2 deacons, 79 religious (19 brothers, 60 sisters), 19 seminarians