Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxpan

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico

Diocese of Tuxpan Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis Diócesis de Tuxpan

Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Xalapa
Statistics
Area	7,338 sq mi (19,010 km²)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 2,055,000 1,250,000 (60.8%)
Parishes	59
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9 June 1962 (62 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Roberto Madrigal Gallegos
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hipólito Reyes Larios

The Diocese of Tuxpan (Latin: Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis) It was erected 9 June 1962. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo (1963-1982)
Mario de Gasperín Gasperín (1983-1989), appointed Bishop of Querétaro
Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez (1989-2000), appointed Bishop of Veracruz
Domingo Díaz Martínez (2002-2008), appointed Archbishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo
Juan Navarro Castellanos (2009-2021)
Roberto Madrigal Gallegos (2021-)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino, appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz in 2015

Episcopal See

Tuxpan, Veracruz

External links and references

"Diocese of Tuxpan". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.

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Religious

Priests and brothers	Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl
Sisters	La Merced Cloister University of the Cloister of Sor Juana

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Marian	Our Lady of Guadalupe (TBA)

Christmas	Nochebuena Navidad
Holy Week	Fasting and abstinence
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