Diocese of Tapachula
Tapacolen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tapachula, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, erected on 19 June 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez and its seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 June 1957
- Latin
- Tapacolen(sis)
- Patron
- san José
- Annuario code
- 001003169
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,498,000
- Population
- 1,714,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.4%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 13,140
- Extent
- 12,248 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 122
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
- Luis Manuel Lopez Alfaro
- Born
- 21 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de México
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 St. Joseph stands in Tapachula, 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 Tuxtla Gutierrez
A suffragan of Tuxtla Gutierrez.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Tapachula, Chiapas, the Catedral de San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, serves as the seat of the Diocese of Tapachula (Latin: Dioecesis Tapacolensis), a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Its bishop is Jaime Calderón Calderón.
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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.