Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
in Mexico
Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin Mexico | |
Date | Change |
| 1518.01.27 | Diocese of Carolense was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1525.10.13 | Diocese of Carolense was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Tlaxcala) |
| 1525.10.13 | Diocese of Tlaxcala was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Carolense and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1530.09.02 | Diocese of México was established (from Diocese of Tlaxcala and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1535.06.21 | Diocese of Antequera was established (from Diocese of Tlaxcala and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1536.08.11 | Diocese of Michoacán was established (from Diocese of México and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1539.03.19 | Diocese of Chiapas was established (from Diocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1543.06.06 | Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala was established (from the suppressed Diocese of Tlaxcala and became suffragan of Sevilla) |
| 1543.06.06 | Diocese of Tlaxcala was suppressed (to establish Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala) |
| 1546.02.12 | Diocese of México was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of México (with suffragan sees Antequera, Chiapas, Guatemala, Michoacán and Puebla–Tlaxcala) |
| 1548.07.13 | Diocese of Nueva Galicia was established (from Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of México) |
| 1560.05.10 | Diocese of Nueva Galicia was renamed as Diocese of Guadalajara |
| 1561.11.19 | Diocese of Yucatán was restored (from Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and became suffragan of México) |
| 1620.09.28 | Diocese of Durango was established (from Diocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of México) |
| 1777.12.15 | Diocese of Linares was established (from Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of México) |
| 1779.05.07 | Diocese of Sonora was established (from Diocese of Durango and became suffragan of México) |
| 1854.08.31 | Diocese of San Luis Potosí was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México, Diocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of México) |
| 1861.08.13 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tamaulipas was established (from Diocese of Linares and became suffragan of México) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of Guadalajara was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara (with suffragan sees Durango, Linares and Zacatecas and lost territory to establish Diocese of Zacatecas) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of León was established (from Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of Michoacán) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of Michoacán was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán (with suffragan sees León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Zamora and lost territory to establish Diocese of León, Diocese of Querétaro and Diocese of Zamora) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of Querétaro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of Michoacán) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of Tulancingo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of Zacatecas was established (from Diocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of San Luis Potosí and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1863.01.26 | Diocese of Zamora was established (from Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of Michoacán) |
| 1863.03.16 | Diocese of Chilapa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán and Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and became suffragan of México) |
| 1863.03.19 | Diocese of Veracruz–Jalapa was established (from Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and became suffragan of México) |
| 1863.09.22 | Diocese of Yucatán lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala |
| 1870.03.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tamaulipas was promoted as Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México) |
| 1870.03.12 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of México lost territory to Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas |
| 1874.01.20 | Apostolic Vicariate of California Inferiore was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 1880.05.25 | Diocese of Tabasco was established (from Diocese of Yucatán and became suffragan of México) |
| 1881.12.11 | Diocese of Colima was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1883.05.24 | Diocese of Sinaloa was established (from Diocese of Sonora and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Antequera was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera (with suffragan sees Chiapas, Tabasco, Tehuantepec and Yucatán and lost territory to establish Diocese of Tehuantepec) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Chihuahua was established (from Diocese of Durango and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Cuernavaca was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Durango was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango (with suffragan sees Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora and California Inferiore and lost territory to establish Diocese of Chihuahua) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Linares was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Linares (with suffragan sees Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas and Saltillo and lost territory to establish Diocese of Saltillo) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Saltillo was established (from Diocese of Linares and became suffragan of Linares) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Tehuantepec was established (from Diocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1891.06.23 | Diocese of Tepic was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1895.03.24 | Diocese of Campeche was established (from Diocese of Yucatán, gained territory from Diocese of Tabasco and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1895.03.24 | Diocese of Tabasco lost territory to Diocese of Campeche |
| 1899.08.27 | Diocese of Aguascalientes was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1902.04.25 | Diocese of Mixtecas was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1903.08.11 | Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (with suffragan see Mixtecas) |
| 1903.11.13 | Diocese of Mixtecas was renamed as Diocese of Huajuapan de León |
| 1906.11.11 | Diocese of Yucatán was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán (with suffragan sees Campeche and Tabasco) |
| 1913.07.26 | Diocese of Tacámbaro was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán and Diocese of Zamora and became suffragan of Michoacán) |
| 1922.06.09 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Linares was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey |
| 1922.11.24 | Diocese of Huejutla was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas, Diocese of San Luis Potosí and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles) |
| 1922.11.24 | Diocese of Papantla was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas and Diocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and became suffragan of México) |
| 1924.11.22 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia |
| 1931.06.19 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles lost territory to Diocese of Papantla |
| 1950.05.06 | Mission sui juris of Tarahumara was established (from Diocese of Chihuahua and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1950.06.04 | Diocese of Toluca was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 1951.06.29 | Diocese of Veracruz–Jalapa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa (with suffragan see Papantla) |
| 1953.05.02 | Diocese of Tacámbaro lost territory to Diocese of Colima |
| 1957.04.10 | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez was established (from Diocese of Chihuahua and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1957.04.13 | Apostolic Prefecture of La Paz was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of California Inferiore and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1957.06.19 | Diocese of Tapachula was established (from Diocese of Chiapas and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1957.06.19 | Diocese of Torreón was established (from Diocese of Saltillo and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1957.07.13 | Apostolic Vicariate of California Inferiore was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Tijuana |
| 1958.02.16 | Diocese of Matamoros was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas and became suffragan of Monterrey) |
| 1958.02.25 | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas was renamed as Diocese of Tampico |
| 1958.03.18 | Diocese of Acapulco was established (from Diocese of Chilapa and became suffragan of México) |
| 1958.06.23 | Mission sui juris of Tarahumara was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Tarahumara |
| 1958.11.22 | Diocese of Chihuahua was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua (with suffragan sees Ciudad Juárez and Tarahumara) |
| 1958.11.22 | Diocese of Mazatlán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and Diocese of Sinaloa and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1959.02.16 | Diocese of Sinaloa was renamed as Diocese of Culiacán |
| 1959.05.23 | Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and Diocese of Tehuantepec and became suffragan of Veracruz–Jalapa) |
| 1959.05.23 | Diocese of Tlaxcala was restored (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles) |
| 1959.06.20 | Diocese of Ciudad Obregón was established (from Diocese of Sonora and became suffragan of Chihuahua) |
| 1959.09.01 | Diocese of Sonora was renamed as Diocese of Hermosillo |
| 1960.04.30 | Diocese of Texcoco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 1960.11.27 | Diocese of Ciudad Valles was established (from Diocese of Huejutla and Diocese of San Luis Potosí and became suffragan of Monterrey) |
| 1961.01.28 | Diocese of Autlán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Colima and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1961.02.27 | Diocese of Tula was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of México) |
| 1962.01.13 | Territorial Prelature of El Nayar was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango, Diocese of Colima and Diocese of Zacatecas and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1962.01.13 | Diocese of Tehuacán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles and became suffragan of Puebla de los Ángeles) |
| 1962.04.30 | Diocese of Apatzingán was established (from Diocese of Colima and Diocese of Tacámbaro and became suffragan of Morelia) |
| 1962.04.30 | Diocese of Linares was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey and became suffragan of Monterrey) |
| 1962.06.09 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa (lost territory to establish Diocese of Veracruz and gained suffragan sees Tuxpan and Veracruz) |
| 1962.06.09 | Diocese of Tuxpan was established (from Diocese of Huejutla, Diocese of Papantla, Diocese of Tampico and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of Jalapa) |
| 1962.06.09 | Diocese of Veracruz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla and became suffragan of Jalapa) |
| 1963.07.13 | Diocese of Hermosillo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hermosillo (with suffragan sees Ciudad Obregón, Tijuana and La Paz) |
| 1963.07.13 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tijuana was promoted as Diocese of Tijuana (became suffragan of Hermosillo) |
| 1963.10.15 | Diocese of Ciudad Juárez lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua |
| 1964.01.13 | Diocese of Tlalnepantla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of México) |
| 1964.10.27 | Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano was established (from Diocese of Acapulco, Diocese of Chilapa, Diocese of Tacámbaro and Diocese of Toluca and became suffragan of Morelia) |
| 1964.10.27 | Diocese of Chiapas was renamed as Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas (lost territory to establish Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez) |
| 1964.10.27 | Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez was established (from Diocese of Chiapas, Diocese of Tabasco and Diocese of Tapachula and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1964.12.21 | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria was established (from Diocese of Matamoros and Diocese of Tampico and became suffragan of Monterrey) |
| 1964.12.21 | Territorial Prelature of Mixes was established (from Diocese of Tehuantepec and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1966.03.25 | Diocese of Mexicali was established (from Diocese of Tijuana and became suffragan of Hermosillo) |
| 1966.04.25 | Territorial Prelature of Madera was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Diocese of Ciudad Juárez and Diocese of Ciudad Obregón and became suffragan of Chihuahua) |
| 1968.06.10 | Territorial Prelature of El Salto was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and Diocese of Mazatlán and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 1970.05.23 | Territorial Prelature of Chetumal was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán and Diocese of Campeche and became suffragan of Yucatán) |
| 1972.03.25 | Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Colima and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1972.03.25 | Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara) |
| 1972.10.08 | Territorial Prelature of Huautla was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1973.10.13 | Diocese of Celaya was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia and Diocese of León and became suffragan of Morelia) |
| 1976.03.01 | Apostolic Prefecture of La Paz was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of La Paz |
| 1977.04.13 | Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes was established (from Diocese of Ciudad Juárez and became suffragan of Chihuahua) |
| 1979.01.08 | Diocese of Tuxtepec was established (from Territorial Prelature of Huautla and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 1979.02.05 | Diocese of Cuautitlán was established (from Diocese of Texcoco and Diocese of Tlalnepantla and became suffragan of México) |
| 1979.02.05 | Diocese of Nezahualcóyotl was established (from Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of México) |
| 1981.07.03 | Apostolic Exarchate of América Latina e México (Armenian Rite) was established |
| 1982.10.07 | Territorial Prelature of Madera lost territory to Diocese of Ciudad Obregón |
| 1983.02.10 | Diocese of Acapulco was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Acapulco (with suffragan sees Chilapa and Ciudad Altamirano) |
| 1984.03.14 | Diocese of Coatzacoalcos was established (from Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla and became suffragan of Jalapa) |
| 1984.11.03 | Diocese of Atlacomulco was established (from Diocese of Cuautitlán and Diocese of Toluca and became suffragan of México) |
| 1985.10.11 | Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas was established (from Diocese of Apatzingán and Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano and became suffragan of Morelia) |
| 1988.02.27 | Diocese of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso en México (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1988.03.21 | Apostolic Vicariate of La Paz was promoted as Diocese of La Paz |
| 1988.11.05 | Diocese of San Luis Potosí was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí (with suffragan sees Celaya, Ciudad Valles, León and Querétaro) |
| 1989.06.17 | Diocese of Tlalnepantla was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla (with suffragan sees Cuautitlán, Nezahualcóyotl and Texcoco) |
| 1989.10.20 | Diocese of Chilapa was renamed as Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa |
| 1989.11.06 | Diocese of Nuevo Laredo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey and Diocese of Matamoros and became suffragan of Monterrey) |
| 1992.01.04 | Diocese of Tlapa was established (from Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa and became suffragan of Acapulco) |
| 1992.05.11 | Diocese of Parral was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua and Apostolic Vicariate of Tarahumara and became suffragan of Chihuahua) |
| 1993.12.20 | Apostolic Vicariate of Tarahumara was promoted as Diocese of Tarahumara |
| 1995.06.28 | Diocese of Ecatepec was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla and Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of Tlalnepantla) |
| 1995.11.06 | Diocese of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Líbano en México (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
| 1995.11.17 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua lost territory to Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–Madera |
| 1995.11.17 | Territorial Prelature of Madera was promoted as Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–Madera (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua) |
| 1996.12.20 | Territorial Prelature of Chetumal was renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal |
| 1997.05.28 | Diocese of Matehuala was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí and Diocese of Ciudad Valles and became suffragan of San Luis Potosí) |
| 2000.04.15 | Diocese of Córdoba was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa and became suffragan of Jalapa) |
| 2000.04.15 | Diocese of Orizaba was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa and became suffragan of Jalapa) |
| 2000.06.03 | Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes was promoted as Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes |
| 2003.01.08 | Diocese of Piedras Negras was established (from Diocese of Saltillo and became suffragan of Monterrey) |
| 2003.07.08 | Diocese of Valle de Chalco was established (from Diocese of Nezahualcóyotl and became suffragan of Tlalnepantla) |
| 2003.11.08 | Diocese of Puerto Escondido was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera) |
| 2004.01.03 | Diocese of Irapuato was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia and Diocese of León and became suffragan of San Luis Potosí) |
| 2006.11.25 | Diocese of León was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of León (with suffragan sees Celaya, Irapuato and Querétaro) |
| 2006.11.25 | Diocese of Tijuana was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tijuana (with suffragan sees La Paz and Mexicali) |
| 2006.11.25 | Diocese of Tulancingo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tulancingo (with suffragan sees Huejutla and Tula) |
| 2006.11.25 | Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (with suffragan sees San Cristóbal de las Casas and Tapachula) |
| 2007.01.27 | Diocese of Ensenada was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tijuana and Diocese of Mexicali and became suffragan of Tijuana) |
| 2008.11.25 | Diocese of Gómez Palacio was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and became suffragan of Durango) |
| 2008.12.03 | Diocese of Teotihuacan was established (from Diocese of Texcoco and became suffragan of Tlalnepantla) |
| 2009.11.26 | Diocese of Tenancingo was established (from Diocese of Toluca and became suffragan of México) |
| 2014.06.09 | Diocese of Izcalli was established (from Diocese of Cuautitlán and became suffragan of Tlalnepantla) |
| 2015.03.19 | Diocese of Nogales was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hermosillo and became suffragan of Hermosillo) |
| 2019.09.28 | Diocese of Azcapotzalco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 2019.09.28 | Diocese of Iztapalapa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 2019.09.28 | Diocese of Toluca was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toluca (with suffragan sees Atlacomulco, Cuernavaca and Tenancingo) |
| 2019.09.28 | Diocese of Xochimilco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and became suffragan of México) |
| 2020.02.15 | Territorial Prelature of Cancún–Chetumal was promoted as Diocese of Cancún–Chetumal |
| 2024.06 | Diocese of Matamoros was renamed as Diocese of Matamoros–Reynosa |
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