Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco

Diocese of Texcoco Dioecesis Texcocensis Diócesis de Texcoco
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Tlalnepantla
Metropolitan	Tlalnepantla
Statistics
Area	439 sq mi (1,140 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,605,000 1,442,534 (89.9%)
Parishes	60
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	30 April 1960 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco (Latin: Dioecesis Texcocensis) (erected 30 April 1960) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Francisco Ferreira Arreola (1960–1977)
• Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes (1978–1997)
• Carlos Aguiar Retes (1997–2009), appointed Archbishop of Tlalnepantla; elevated to Cardinal in 2016
• Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2009–Present)

Auxiliary bishops

• Magín Camerino Torreblanca Reyes (1972-1978), appointed Bishop here
• Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2001-2005), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (later returned to this diocese as Bishop)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, appointed Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México in 2003
• Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, appointed Bishop of Valle de Chalco, México in 2012
• Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia, appointed Bishop of Teotihuacán, México in 2008
• Jorge Cuapio Bautista, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México in 2015

Territorial losses

External links and references

• "Diocese of Texcoco". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 10 February 2007.

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