Diocese of Tuxpan
| Diocese of Tuxpan | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jalapa |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Navarro Castellanos |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 19,000 km² |
| Parishes | 62 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,200,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 900,000 (12/31/2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 75% |
| Diocesan priest | 92 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,783 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdetuxpan.org/ |
The Diocese of Tuxpan ( Latin Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis , Spanish diócesis de Tuxpan ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tuxpan .
history
The diocese of Tuxpan was on June 9, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Non latet from cessions of territory from the dioceses of Huejutla , Papantla , Tulancingo and Tampico and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Jalapa as a suffragan .
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Bishops of Tuxpan
- Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo , 1963-1982
- Mario de Gasperín Gasperín , 1983–1989, then Bishop of Querétaro
- Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez , 1989–2000, then Bishop of Veracruz
- Domingo Díaz Martínez , 2002–2008, then Archbishop of Tulancingo
- Juan Navarro Castellanos , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Tuxpan on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)