Diocese of Tuxpan
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Diocese of Tuxpan Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis Diócesis de Tuxpan | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Xalapa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,338 sq mi (19,010 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 59 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 9 June 1962 (63 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Roberto Madrigal Gallegos |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Hipólito 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
[edit | edit source]Ordinaries
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino, appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz in 2015
Episcopal See
[edit | edit source]External links and references
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