Diocese of Tuxpan
Tuxpanien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tuxpan, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, erected on 9 June 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Xalapa and its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 June 1962
- Latin
- Tuxpanien(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
- Annuario code
- 001000024
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,250,000
- Population
- 2,055,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 60.8%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 13,736
- Extent
- 19,005 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 66
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
- Roberto Madrigal Gallegos
- Born
- 8 December 1967
- Birthplace
- Ejido Iquinuapa
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 Assumption stands in Tuxpan, 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 Xalapa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JalapaJalapa
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of OrizabaOrizaba
- Diocese of PapantlaPapantla
- Diocese of San Andrés TuxtlaAbasolo del Valle
- Diocese of VeracruzVeracruz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 9 June 1962, the Diocese of Tuxpan (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis) is a suffragan see within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Avda Independencia 56, Col. La Rivera, 92870 Tuxpan, Ver., México
- Telephone
- [783]834-97-70; 834-16-36
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.