Diocese of Papantla
| Diocese of Papantla | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jalapa |
| Diocesan bishop | José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín |
| founding | 1922 |
| surface | 12,000 km² |
| Parishes | 53 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 2,065,338 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 1,553,432 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 75.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 86 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 18,063 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 130 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción |
| Website | www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx |
The Diocese of Papantla ( lat. : Dioecesis Papantlensis , span. : Diócesis de Papantla ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Papantla .
The largest city in the diocese is Poza Rica .
history
The diocese Papantla was on November 24, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Orbis catholici from cessions of territory of the dioceses Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and Veracruz-Jalapa . On June 9, 1962, the Diocese of Papantla were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution latet Non erected Diocese of Tuxpan from.
The Diocese of Papantla is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Jalapa as a suffragan .
Bishops of Papantla
- Nicolás Corona y Corona , 1922–1950
- Luis Cabrera Cruz , 1950–1958, then Bishop of San Luís Potosí
- Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco , 1959–1970
- Sergio Obeso Rivera , 1971–1974, then coadjutor archbishop of Jalapa
- Genaro Alamilla Arteaga , 1974-1980
- Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín , 1980–2012
- Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong , 2012–2013, then secretary for the seminaries of the Congregation for the Clergy
- José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz , since 2014
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Papantla - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Papantla (Spanish)
- Entry for Diocese of Papantla on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Orbis catholici , AAS 15 (1923), n.7, p. 329ff.
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII : Const. Apost. Non latet , AAS 55 (1963), n.12, p. 694ff.