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Diocese of Papantla

Dioecesis Papantlensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 24 November 1922
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Puebla
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 12,000 (4,635 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Golfo
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx/
  • Mailing Address: Av. Benito Juarez 1102, Apartado 27, 73800 Teziutlán, Pue., México
  • Telephone: (231)313-24-30; 313-68-55

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
24 November 1922ErectedDiocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas
Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa
Diocese of Papantla (erected)
19 June 1931Territory AddedArchdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Teziutlan and Huetemalco) Diocese of Papantla
29 June 1951Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Papantla (from Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla)
9 June 1962Territory LostDiocese of Huejutla (Benito Juárez, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chicontepec, Ilamatlán, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Plantón Sánchez, Tantoyuca, Tempoal, and Zontecomatlán)
Diocese of Papantla (Tuxpan, Amatlán, Citlaltepec, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Chontla, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Tamalin, Tamiahua, Tancoco, Tantima, Teayo, Temapache, Tepetzintla, and Tihuatlán)
Diocese of Tulancingo (Huayacocotla, Texcatepec, Tlachichilco, and Zacualpan)
Diocese of Tampico (Panuco, Pueblo Viejo, and Tampico Alto)
Diocese of Tuxpan (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950225,000280,00080.4%32327,0318522ap1951
1966500,000525,00095.2%522549,25917119ap1967
1968500,000525,00095.2%62628,064417319ap1971
1976600,000650,00092.3%5425610,714520523ap1977
19801,010,9641,167,17686.6%606016,849317431ap1981
19901,500,0001,850,00081.1%6036323,809315037ap1991
19991,752,6672,046,27785.7%9729917,703515541ap2000
20001,752,6672,046,27785.7%102210416,852515541ap2001
20011,752,6672,046,27785.7%8318420,8651115144ap2002
20021,336,4191,589,13784.1%8218316,1011115143ap2003
20031,229,3301,581,92477.7%858514,46213549ap2004
20041,380,7381,799,64876.7%8418516,2431114250ap2005
20131,744,0002,157,00080.9%10110117,267113458ap2014
2016894,8261,163,97876.9%94949,51910866ap2017
2019935,4001,239,25075.5%939310,05810464ap2020
2021965,2341,135,56385.0%939310,3789659ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 23, Page 411, and Page 412
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 16, to Page 18

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