Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxpan

Diocese of Tuxpan

Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis

Diócesis de Tuxpan
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Xalapa
Statistics
Area7,338 sq mi (19,010 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 2,055,000
  • 1,250,000 (60.8%)
Parishes59
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 June 1962 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopRoberto Madrigal Gallegos
Metropolitan ArchbishopHipólito Reyes Larios

The Diocese of Tuxpan (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis) It was erected 9 June 1962. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo (1963-1982)
  • Mario de Gasperín Gasperín (1983-1989), appointed Bishop of Querétaro
  • Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez (1989-2000), appointed Bishop of Veracruz
  • Domingo Díaz Martínez (2002-2008), appointed Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo
  • Juan Navarro Castellanos (2009-2021)
  • Roberto Madrigal Gallegos (2021-)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino, appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz in 2015

Episcopal See

  • "Diocese of Tuxpan". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.


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