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Diocese of Campeche

Campecoren(sis)

Latin-rite diocese on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, erected on 24 March 1895 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Campeche; Bishop Jose Alberto Gonzalez Juarez was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 11 February 2026.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 March 1895
Latin
Campecoren(sis)
Patron
Cristo Negro Señor de San Román y Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Annuario code
001001033

The see in figures

Catholics
608,000
Population
760,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
80.0%
Priests
143
Catholics per priest
4,252
Extent
55,879 km²
Catholics per km²
11

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Jose Alberto Gonzalez Juarez
Born
19 December 1967
Birthplace
El Parral

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Campeche stands in Campeche, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Yucatan

A suffragan of Yucatan.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A Latin Church diocese in Mexico, Campeche (Latin: Dioecesis Campecorensis) was erected on 24 March 1895 and belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Yucatán as one of its suffragans.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.