Diocese of Tuxpan Dioecesis Tuxpaniensis Diócesis de Tuxpan | |
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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 (61 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.