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Roman Catholic Diocese of Huajuapan de León

Coordinates: 17°48′26″N 97°46′32″W / 17.8072°N 97.7755°W / 17.8072; -97.7755
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Diocese of Huajuapan de León

Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis

Diócesis de Huajuapan de León
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provincePuebla de los Ángeles
Statistics
Area10,042 sq mi (26,010 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
760,000
720.000 (94.7%)
Parishes71
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 April 1902 (122 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMiguel Ángel Castro Muñoz
Metropolitan ArchbishopVictor Sánchez Espinosa
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx

The Diocese of Huajuapan de León (Latin: Dioecesis Huaiuapanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles. It was erected on 25 April 1902 as the "Diocese of Mixtecas" and renamed on 13 November 1903. It cathedra is found within the Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe in the episcopal see of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca.

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  • "Diocese of Huajuapan de León". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

17°48′26″N 97°46′32″W / 17.8072°N 97.7755°W / 17.8072; -97.7755