Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Tuxtlen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Acala, Chiapas, Mexico
The Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez is the metropolitan Latin Catholic archdiocese of Chiapas, Mexico, seated at St. Mark's Cathedral. Erected as a diocese in 1964 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2006, it has been led by Archbishop José Francisco González González since 2025, with the Dioceses of Tapachula and San Cristóbal de Las Casas as suffragans.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 October 1964
- Latin
- Tuxtlen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Mark
- Annuario code
- 001000026
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,251,979
- Population
- 1,948,118
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 64.3%
- Priests
- 164
- Catholics per priest
- 7,634
- Extent
- 22,637 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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
- Archbishop
- José Francisco González González
- Born
- 17 March 1966
- Birthplace
- Yahualica
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
Catedral de San Marcos stands in Acala, 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 Gutiérrez
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las CasasAltamirano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuxtla (Latin: Archidioecesis Tuxtlensis) holds metropolitan rank, a status conferred by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 November 2006. It oversees the suffragan dioceses of Tapachula and Las Casas.
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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.