Roman Catholic Diocese of Tapachula
Diocese of Tapachula Dioecesis Tapacolensis Diócesis de Tapachula | |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
Metropolitan | Tapachula, Chiapas |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,729 sq mi (12,250 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,714,000 1,498,000 (87.4%) |
Parishes | 42 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 June 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | vacant |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Domingo Díaz Martínez |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesisdetapachula.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tapachula (Latin: Dioecesis Tapacolensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
It cathedral Episcopal see is the Catedral de San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Tapachula, Chiapas. Its bishop is Jaime Calderón Calderón.
History
It was erected on 19 June 1957 as Diocese of Tapachula / Tapacolen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the Diocese of Chiapas and suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca until 25 November 2006.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,488,000 Catholics (83.9% of 1,773,000 total) on 12,244 km² in 47 parishes and 11 missions with 101 priests (90 diocesan, 11 religious), 142 lay religious (11 brothers, 131 sisters) and 66 seminarians.
Episcopal Ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Tapachula
- Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1958.01.13 – 1970.09.06), next Bishop of Zamora (in Mexico) (1970.09.06 – 1974.12.12), Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati (1974.12.12 – 2004.10.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1974.12.12 – death 1997.03.20)
- Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño (1971.06.11 – 1976.06.11), previously Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico) (1963.08.19 – 1967.05.18), Titular Bishop of Claterna (1967.05.18 – 1971.06.11) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca (Mexico) (1967.05.18 – 1971.06.11); later Metropolitan Archbishop of above Antequera (1976.06.11 – retired 1993.10.04), died 1999
- Juvenal Porcayo Uribe (1976.07.03 – death 1983.06.30)
- Luis Miguel Cantón Marín (1984.03.30 – death 1990.05.10)
- Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (1991.02.07 – 2000.03.31), also Secretary General of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2000), next Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (2000.03.31 – ...)
- Rogelio Cabrera López (2001.07.16 – 2004.09.11), previously Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1996.04.30 – 2001.07.16); later last Suffragan Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2004.09.11 – 2006.11.25), 'first' Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2006.11.25 – 2012.10.03), Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2012.10.03 – ...)
- Leopoldo González González (2005.06.09 – 2017.06.30), previously Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Morelia (Mexico) (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico) (2017.06.30 – ...)
- Jaime Calderón Calderón (7 July 2018 – 4 July 2024)
See also
Sources and external links and references
- GCatholic - data for all sections
- "Diocese of Tapachula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
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