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Archdiocese of Jalapa

Ialapen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Jalapa, Mexico

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, erected as a diocese on 19 March 1863 and elevated to an archdiocese on 29 June 1951. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Xalapa. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Xalapa.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1863
Latin
Ialapen(sis)
Patron
• Inmaculada Concepción, •San Rafael Guízar y Valencia
Annuario code
001001712

The see in figures

Catholics
1,105,000
Population
1,156,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
95.6%
Priests
166
Catholics per priest
6,657
Extent
6,138 km²
Catholics per km²
180

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

Archbishop
Jorge Carlos Patron Wong
Born
3 January 1958
Birthplace
Mérida

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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Jalapa, 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 Xalapa

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

With its episcopal see at Xalapa, Veracruz, the Archdiocese of Xalapa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ialapensis) is a metropolitan see of the Latin Church in Mexico. Its ecclesiastical province gathers seven suffragan dioceses: Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan and Veracruz.

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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.