Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abasolo del Valle, Veracruz, Mexico

Latin rite diocese in Veracruz, Mexico, erected in 1959 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Xalapa. Its see is the Cathedral of San José y San Andrés in San Andrés Tuxtla.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 23 May 1959
Latin: Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla
Annuario code: 001002867

The see in figures

Catholics: 1,157,250
Population: 1,589,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 72.8%
Priests: 107
Catholics per priest: 10,815
Extent: 13,495 km²
Catholics per km²: 86

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: José Luis Canto Sosa
Born: 29 October 1960
Birthplace: Calkiní

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 San José y San Andrés stands in Abasolo del Valle, 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.

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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.