Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido

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Diocese of Puerto Escondido

Dioecesis Portus Abditi
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Antequera
Population
- Catholics

423,000 [1]
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
EstablishedNovember 8, 2003 [2]
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz
Bishop of Puerto Escondido
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Escondido in Mexico.jpg

The Diocese of Puerto Escondido (Latin : Dioecesis Portus Abditi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera.

On 31 October 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Pedro Vázquez Villalobos as Bishop of Puerto Escondido. [3] The diocese's episcopal see is Puerto Escondido.

Ordinaries

  1. Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. Archdiocese History
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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