Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla (Latin: Dioecesis Papantlensis) (erected 24 November 1922 and based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. Along with the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, it lost territory in 1962 to form the Diocese of Tuxpan.

Diocese of Papantla

Dioecesis Papantlensis

Diócesis de Papantla
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Jalapa
MetropolitanTeziutlán, Puebla (In 1901, the see was changed to Teziutlán, in Eastern Puebla, near to the border with Veracruz)
Statistics
Area4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
1,799,648
1,380,738 (76.6%)
Parishes50
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established24 November 1922 (98 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Metropolitan ArchbishopHipólito Reyes Larios
Bishops emeritusLorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín
Map
Website
www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Nicolás Corona y Corona (1922–1950)
  • Luis Cabrera Cruz (1950–1958), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
  • Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco (1959–1970)
  • Sergio Obeso Rivera (1971–1974), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz; future Cardinal
  • Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (1974–1980)
  • Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín (1980–2012)
  • Jorge Carlos Patron Wong (2012–2013); formerly served as Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Aregullín; named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013[1] and became an archbishop
  • José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz (2014-

Coadjutor bishop

  • "Diocese of Papantla". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.


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