Diocese of Tabasco
Tabasquen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tabasco, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, erected on 25 May 1880. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan and its seat is the Catedral del Senor (Cathedral of the Lord).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1880
- Latin
- Tabasquen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003144
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,482,000
- Population
- 2,023,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.3%
- Priests
- 195
- Catholics per priest
- 7,600
- Extent
- 25,276 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 59
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
- Gerardo de Jesus Rojas Lopez
- Born
- 13 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Teocaltiche
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 Lord stands in Tabasco, 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:
- Diocese of CampecheCampeche
- Diocese of Cancún-ChetumalCancún-Chetumal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 25 May 1880, the Diocese of Tabasco (Latin: Dioecesis Tabasquensis) belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Yucatán as a suffragan see.
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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.