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Diocese of Tampico

Dioecesis Tampicensis

Diócesis de Tampico
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Monterrey
Statistics
Area8,756 sq mi (22,680 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,234,000
1,150,000 (93.2%)
Parishes64
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established13 August 1861 (162 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopJosé Armando Álvarez Cano
Metropolitan Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López
Map

The Diocese of Tampico ( Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected 12 March 1870 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed 25 February 1958.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1922 Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa Diocese of Papantla
1958 Diocese of Matamoros
1962 Diocese of Huejutla
Diocese of Papantla
Diocese of Tulancingo
Diocese of Tuxpan
1964 Diocese of Matamoros Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Episcopal See

See also

  • "Diocese of Tampico". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diocese of Tampico

Dioecesis Tampicensis

Diócesis de Tampico
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Monterrey
Statistics
Area8,756 sq mi (22,680 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,234,000
1,150,000 (93.2%)
Parishes64
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established13 August 1861 (162 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopJosé Armando Álvarez Cano
Metropolitan Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López
Map

The Diocese of Tampico ( Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected 12 March 1870 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed 25 February 1958.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1922 Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa Diocese of Papantla
1958 Diocese of Matamoros
1962 Diocese of Huejutla
Diocese of Papantla
Diocese of Tulancingo
Diocese of Tuxpan
1964 Diocese of Matamoros Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Episcopal See

See also

  • "Diocese of Tampico". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.



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