Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Tampico | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Tampicensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Tampico |
Country: | Mexico |
Province: | Monterrey |
Area Sqmi: | 8,756 |
Population: | 1,234,000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 1,150,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 93.2 |
Parishes: | 64 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 13 August 1861 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Bishop: | José Armando Álvarez Cano |
Metro Archbishop: | Rogelio Cabrera López |
Map: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico in Mexico.jpg |
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.
Year | Along with | To form | |
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1922 | Diocese of Papantla | ||
1958 | – | Diocese of Matamoros | |
1962 | Diocese of Tuxpan | ||
1964 | Diocese of Ciudad Victoria |