The Diocese of Toluca was elevated to the Archdiocese of Toluca.
Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos was named its first Archbishop. He had been serving as bishop of the same jurisdiction.
The dioceses of Atlacomulco, Cuernavaca, and Tenancingo were made suffragans of the new Archdiocese.
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