Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles

The Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It is the oldest Catholic diocese in Mexico. It was established on October 13, 1525 as the "Diocese of Tlaxcala" and retained that name until it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1903. In 1959 a new Diocese of Tlaxcala was created and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.[2][3]

Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles Archidioecesis Angelorum Arquidiócesis de Puebla de los Ángeles
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Puebla de los Ángeles
Statistics
Area	8,084 sq mi (20,940 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 4,382,207 4,054,856 (92.5%)
Parishes	207
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 October 1525 (497 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Victor Sánchez Espinosa
Auxiliary Bishops	Tomás López Durán[1]
Map
Website
arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx

A separate diocese seated in Mexico City was created in 1530 and replaced the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain as Tlaxcala's metropolitan see in 1546. While its place as Mexico's most important Catholic see was short-lived, the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles is one of the largest archdioceses in Mexico today. Now a metropolitan see itself, within the ecclesiastical province of Puebla de los Ángeles contains two suffragan dioceses: Huajuapan de León and Tehuacán.