Diocese of Veracruz Dioecesis Verae Crucis Diócesis de Veracruz | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Jalapa |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,476 sq mi (9,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 2,105,000 1,894,000 (90%) |
Parishes | 72 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 June 1962 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Hipólito Reyes Larios |
Bishops emeritus | Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. |
Website | |
diocesisdeveracruz.mx |
The Diocese of Veracruz (Latin: Dioecesis Verae Crucis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It was erected 9 June 1962. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano (1963–2000)
- Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez (2000–2005)
- Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. (2006-2018)
- Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (2018- )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Rutilo Muñoz Zamora, appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz in 2002
Episcopal See
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Veracruz". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.