Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tijuana (Latin: Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. It is based in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, and the province has the suffragan dioceses of Ensenada, La Paz en la Baja California Sur, and Mexicali.
Archdiocese of Tijuana Archidioecesis Tigiuanaënsis Arquidiócesis de Tijuana | |
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 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tijuana |
| Metropolitan | Tijuana |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,641 sq mi (24,970 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 2,284,000 2,170,000 (95%) |
| Parishes | 95 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 20 January 1874 (149 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Francisco Moreno Barrón |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.iglesiatijuana.org | |
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Ramón María de San José Moreno y Castañeda, O. Carm. (1873–1879). appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
- Buenaventura del Purísimo Corazón de María Portillo y Tejeda, O.F.M. (1880–1882), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
- Silvino Ramírez y Cuera (1921–1922)
- Alfredo Galindo Mendoza, M.Sp.S. (1948–1970)
- Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1970–1982), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos; future Cardinal
- Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (1983–1995), appointed Archbishop of Yucatán
- Rafael Romo Muñoz (1996–2016)
- Francisco Moreno Barrón (2016–present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos, appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas in 1991
- Ramón Castro Castro, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán in 2004
External links and references
- "Archdiocese of Tijuana". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
- Official Website of the Archdiocese: http://www.iglesiatijuana.org/
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