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Diocese of Papantla

Papantlen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Papantla, Mexico

Latin rite diocese in northern Veracruz, Mexico, erected 24 November 1922. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Xalapa. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Papantla.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 November 1922
Latin
Papantlen(sis)
Patron
Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Annuario code
001002535

The see in figures

Catholics
1,380,738
Population
1,799,648
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
76.7%
Priests
93
Catholics per priest
14,847
Extent
12,005 km²
Catholics per km²
115

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 Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Born
24 May 1959
Birthplace
San Vicente de Plenitud

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 Assumption of Our Lady stands in Papantla, 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

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Xalapa.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz, the Diocese of Papantla (Latin: Dioecesis Papantlensis) was erected on 24 November 1922 and belongs to the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa. In 1962 it gave up territory, alongside the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, for the creation of the Diocese of Tuxpan.

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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.