Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Mexico
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- 0100~
- Italica - Spain
- 0200-0300
- Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain
- 0300-0400
- Sevilla (Metr.) - Spain
- 1518
- Carolense / Yucatan (established from Spain/Sevilla) - Mexico
- 1525
- Carolense / Yucatan (abandoned, superseded by Tlaxcala) - Mexico
- 1525
- Tlaxcala (established from Yucatan) - Mexico
- 1530
- México (detached from Tlaxcala) - Mexico
- 1535
- Antequera (detached from Tlaxcala) - Mexico
- 1536
- Michoacán (detached from México) - Mexico
- 1539
- Chiapas (detached from Antequera) - Mexico
- 1546
- México (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of Santo Domingo) - Mexico
- 1548
- Guadalajara (detached from Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1561
- Yucatán (re-established, detached from Tlaxcala?)- Mexico
- 1620
- Durango (detached from Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1777
- Linares / Nueva León (detached from Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1779
- Sonora (detached from Durango) - Mexico
- 1840
- California (detached from Sonora) - (Mexico) USA
- 1854
- San Luis Potosí (detached from Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1861
- Tamaulipas (AV, detached from Linares) - Mexico
- 1863
- Guadalajara (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 1863
- León (detached from Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1863
- Michoacán (Metr., was part of Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 1863
- Querétaro (detached from Mexico, and from Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1863
- Tulancingo (detached from Mexico) - Mexico
- 1863
- Veracruz / Jalapa (detached from Tlaxcala, and from Antequera) - Mexico
- 1863
- Zacatecas (detached from Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1863
- Zamora (detached from Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1863
- Chilapa (detached from Mexico, from Tlaxcala, and from Michoacan) - Mexico
- 1870
- Ciudad Victoria / Tamaulipas (created from Tamaulipas AV with territories added from Mexico, and from Tlaxcala) - Mexico
- 1874
- Baja California / Lower California (AV, detached from Mexico) - Mexico
- 1880
- Tabasco (detached from Yucatán) - Mexico
- 1881
- Colima (detached from Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1883
- Sinaloa (detached from Sonora) - Mexico
- 1891
- Antequera / Oaxaca (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 1891
- Chihuahua (detached from Durango) - Mexico
- 1891
- Cuernavaca (detached from Mexico) - Mexico
- 1891
- Durango (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1891
- Linares / Nueva León (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1891
- Saltillo (detached from Linares) - Mexico
- 1891
- Tehuantepec (detached from Antequera) - Mexico
- 1891
- Tepic (detached from Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1895
- Campeche (detached from Yucatán) - Mexico
- 1899
- Aguascalientes (detached from Guadalajara) - Mexico
- 1902
- Mixtecas (from Antequeras, and from Tlaxcala) - Mexico
- 1903
- Huajuapan de León (new name, previously Mixtecas) - Mexico
- 1903
- Puebla de los Angeles (Metr. and new name, previously Tlaxcala D) - Mexico
- 1906
- Yucatán (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Antequera / Oaxaca) - Mexico
- 1913
- Tacámbaro (from Michoacan, and from Zamora) - Mexico
- 1922
- Huejutla (detached from Tulancingo) - Mexico
- 1922
- Monterrey (Metr., new name, previously Linares / Nueva León [Metr.]) - Mexico
- 1922
- Papantla (detached from Veracruz, and from Tamaulipas) - Mexico
- 1924
- Morelia (Metr., new name, previously Michoacán) - Mexico
- 1950
- Tarahumara (Miss. "sui iuris", detached from Chuhuahua) - Mexico
- 1950
- Toluca (detached from México) - Mexico
- 1951
- Veracruz / Jalapa (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 1957
- Ciudad Juárez (detached from Chihuahua) - Mexico
- 1957
- La Paz en la Baja California Sur (AP, detached from Lower California AV) - Mexico
- 1957
- Tapachula (detached from Chiapas) - Mexico
- 1957
- Tijuana (AV, new name, previously Lower California AV) - Mexico
- 1957
- Torreón (detached from Saltillo) - Mexico
- 1958
- Acapulco (detached from Chilapa) - Mexico
- 1958
- Chihuahua (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Durango) - Mexico
- 1958
- Matamoros (detached from Ciudad Victoria / Tamaulipas) - Mexico
- 1958
- Mazatlán (detached from Durango, and from Sinaloa) - Mexico
- 1958
- Tampico (new name, previously Ciudad Victoria / Tamaulipas) - Mexico
- 1958
- Tarahumara (AV) - Mexico
- 1959
- Ciudad Obregón (detached from Sonora) - Mexico
- 1959
- Culiacán (new name, previously Sinaloa) - Mexico
- 1959
- Hermosillo (new name, previously Sonora) - Mexico
- 1959
- San Andrés Tuxtla (detached from Vera Cruz, and from Tehuantepec) - Mexico
- 1959
- Tlaxcala (detached from Puebla, and from México) - Mexico
- 1960
- Ciudad Valles (detached from San Luis Potosí, and from Huejutla) - Mexico
- 1960
- Texcoco (detached from México) - Mexico
- 1961
- Autlán (detached from Guadalajara, and from Colima) - Mexico
- 1961
- Tula (detached from México, and from Tulancingo) - Mexico
- 1962
- Jalapa (Metr., new name, previously Veracruz / Jalapa [Metr.]) - Mexico
- 1962
- Apatzingán (detached from Tacambaro, and from Colima) - Mexico
- 1962
- Jesús María (Prel., detached from Durango, from Zacatecas, and from Colima) - Mexico
- 1962
- Linares (detached from Monterrey) - Mexico
- 1962
- Tehuacán (detached from Antequera, and from Puebla de los Angeles) - Mexico
- 1962
- Tuxpan (detached from Papantla, from Huejutla, from Tulancingo, and from Tampico) - Mexico
- 1962
- Veracruz (detached from Jalapa, and from San Andrés Tuxtla) - Mexico
- 1963
- Hermosillo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Chihuahua) - Mexico
- 1963
- Tijuana - Mexico
- 1964
- San Cristóbal de las Casas (new name, previously Chiapas) - Mexico
- 1964
- Ciudad Altamirano (detached from Chilapa, from Acapulco, from Toluca, and from Tacambaro) - Mexico
- 1964
- Ciudad Victoria (detached from Tampico, and from Matamoros) - Mexico
- 1964
- Mixes (Prel., detached from Tehuantepec) - Mexico
- 1964
- Tlalnepantla (detached from Mexico, and from Texcoco) - Mexico
- 1964
- Tuxtla Gutiérrez (detached from Chiapas) - Mexico
- 1966
- Madera (Prel., detached from Ciudad Juarez, from Ciudad Obregon, and from Chihuahua) - Mexico
- 1966
- Mexicali (detached from Tijuana) - Mexico
- 1968
- El Salto (Prel., detached from Durango, and from Mazatlan) - Mexico
- 1970
- Chetumal (Prel., detached from Yucatán) - Mexico
- 1972
- Ciudad Guzmán (detached from Guadalajara, and from Colima) - Mexico
- 1972
- Huautla (Prel., detached from Antequera) - Mexico
- 1972
- San Juan de los Lagos (detached from Guadalajara, and from Colima) - Mexico
- 1973
- Celaya (detached from Morelia, and from Leon) - Mexico
- 1976
- La Paz en la Baja California Sur (AV) - Mexico
- 1977
- Nuevo Casas Grandes (Prel., detached from Ciudad Juarez) - Mexico
- 1979
- Cuautitlán (detached from Tlalnepantla, and from Texcoco) - Mexico
- 1979
- Netzahualcóyotl (detached from Texcoco) - Mexico
- 1979
- Tuxtepec (detached from Huautla) - Mexico
- 1983
- Acapulco (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 1984
- Atlacomulco (detached from Toluca) - Mexico
- 1984
- Coatzalcoalcos (detached from San Andrés Tuxtla) - Mexico
- 1985
- Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (detached from Apatzingan, and from Ciudad Altamirano) - Mexico
- 1988
- La Paz en la Baja California Sur - Mexico
- 1988
- San Luis Potosí (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Monterrey) - Mexico
- 1988
- Nuestra Señora del Paradiso en México [Gr.-Melk.] - Mexico
- 1989
- Chilpancingo-Chilapa (new name, previously Chilapa) - Mexico
- 1989
- Tlalnepantla (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 1989
- Nuevo Laredo (detached from Matamoros, and from Monterrey) - Mexico
- 1992
- Parral (detached from Chihuahua) - Mexico
- 1992
- Tlapa (detached from Chilpanchingo-Chilapa) - Mexico
- 1993
- Tarahumara - Mexico
- 1995
- Cuauhtemoc-Madera - (D, and new name, the previous Prel. of Madera, and a part detached from Chihuahua) - Mexico
- 1995
- Ecatepec (detached from Tlalnepantla, and from Texcoco) - Mexico
- 1995
- Nuestra Señora de los Martíres del Libano en Mexico [Maron.] - Mexico
- 1996
- Cancún-Chetumal (new name, previously Chetumal) - Mexico
- 1997
- Matehuala (detached from San Luís Potosí, and from Ciudad Valles) - Mexico
- 2000
- Cordoba (detached from Jalapa) - Mexico
- 2000
- Orizaba (detached from Jalapa) - Mexico
- 2000
- Nuevo Casas Grandes - Mexico
- 2003
- Piedras Negras (detached from Saltillo) - Mexico
- 2003
- Puerto Escondido (detached from Antequera [Oaxaca]) - Mexico
- 2003
- Valle de Chalco (detached from Netzahualcóyotl) - Mexico
- 2004
- Irapuato (detached from Morelia (AD), og fra León (D)) - Mexico
- 2006
- León (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of San Luis Potosí) - Mexico
- 2006
- Tijuana (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Hermosillo) - Mexico
- 2006
- Tulancingo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of México) - Mexico
- 2006
- Tuxtla Gutierrez (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Antequera [Oaxaca]) - Mexico
- 2007
- Ensenada (detached from Tijuana (AD), og fra Mexicali (D)) - Mexico
- 2008
- Gómez Palacio (detached from Durango) - Mexico
- 2008
- Teotihuacan (detached from Tlalnepantla) - Mexico
- 2009
- Tenancingo (detached from Toluca) - Mexico
- 2015
- Nogales (detached from Hermosillo) - Mexico
- 2019
- Toluca (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Mexico) - Mexico
- 2019
- Azcapotzalco (detached from Mexico (AD)) - Mexico
- 2019
- Iztapalapa (detached from Mexico (AD)) - Mexico
- 2019
- Xochimilco (detached from Mexico (AD)) - Mexico
- 2020
- Cancún-Chetumal - (D, previously Prel.) - Mexico