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Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)

Archidioecesis Ialapensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Name Changed: 9 June 1962
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Veracruz
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 6,137 (2,370 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Golfo
  • Official Web Site: http://www.arquidiocesisdexalapa.com/
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Apartado 359, Av. Manuel Avila Camacho 73, 91000 Xalapa, Ver., México
  • Telephone: (228)812-05-79
  • Fax: 817-55-78

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
19 March 1863ErectedDiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (erected)
24 November 1922Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
Diocese of Papantla (erected)
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
29 June 1951ElevatedDiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
23 May 1959Territory LostDiocese of Tehuantepec (Coatzacoalcos, Moloacán, Hidalgotitlán, Jáltipan de Morelos, Cosoleacaque, Texistepec, Oluta, Jésus Carranza, San Juan Evangelista, Mecayapan, Hueyapan de Ocampo, San Andrés Tuxtla, Playa Vicente, Chacaltianguis, and Tlacojalpan)
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (Acula, Amatitlán, Ixmatlahuacan, Tlacotalpan, Saltabarranca, Lerdo de Tejada, and part of Cosamaloapan)
Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (erected)
18 February 1962Territory LostArchdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (Tuxtepec District) Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
9 June 1962Territory LostDiocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (Acula, Amatitlán, Casamaloapan, Santiago Ixmatlahuacán, and Tlacotalpan)
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (Alvarado, Boca del Rio, Cotaxtla, Ignacio de la Llave, Jamapa, La Antigua, Manlio F. Altamirano, Medellín, Paso de Ovejas, Puente Nacional, Soledad de Doblado, Tierra Blanca, Tlalixcoyan, Ursulo Galván, and Veracruz)
Diocese of Veracruz (erected)
Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
9 June 1962Name ChangedArchdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
15 April 2000Territory LostArchdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa) (Alpatláhuac, Amatlán de los Reyes, Atoyac, Calcahualco, Camarón de Tejeda, Coetzala, Comapa, Córdoba, Coscomatepec, Cuichapa, Cuitláhuac, Chocamán, Fortín, Huatusco, Ixhuatlán del Café, Naranjal, Omealca, Paso del Macho, Sochiapa, Tlaltetela, Tepatlaxc...) Diocese of Córdoba (erected)
15 April 2000Territory LostArchdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa) (Alcultzingo, Aquila, Astancinga, Atlahuilco, Ciudad Mendoza, Huiloapan de C, Ixhuatlancillo, Ixtaczoquitlán, La Perla, Magdalena, Maltrata, Mariano Escobedo, Mixtla de A ., Nogales, Orizaba, Rafael Delgado, Río Blanco, San Andrés Tenejapa, Santa Ana ...) Diocese of Orizaba (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
19501,040,0001,100,00094.5%160141745,9771434076ap1951
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
1965900,000940,00095.7%153241775,0844446582ap1967
19681,134,0001,254,00090.4%163161796,3353245071ap1971
19761,283,7341,324,80096.9%16381717,5071745395ap1977
19801,228,0751,420,00086.5%18081886,53217505108ap1981
19902,039,8812,310,64088.3%212112239,14723467125ap1991
19991,942,5022,201,61288.2%248112597,50017470129ap2000
2000908,292978,14492.9%146111575,7851921553ap2001
20011,022,1431,278,14480.0%13141357,571629656ap2002
20021,009,1281,081,68593.3%13051357,475930161ap2003
2003989,2101,073,14892.2%132101426,9661434665ap2004
2004995,4981,062,66493.7%137111486,7262134068ap2005
20061,105,0001,156,00095.6%13591447,6731929071ap2007
20131,206,0001,272,00094.8%15041547,831431083ap2014
20161,310,0001,400,00093.6%15151568,3972026686ap2017
20191,400,3671,488,02094.1%15651618,6971023889ap2020
20211,424,4251,492,71395.4%15881668,5801623092ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 167
  • Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 16, to Page 18
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 469, and Page 470
  • Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 699, to Page 701

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