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Diocese of Veracruz

Dioecesis Verae Crucis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 9 June 1962
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Veracruz
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 9,227 (3,563 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Golfo
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesisdeveracruz.mx/
  • Mailing Address: Insurgentes Veracruzanos 470, 91709 Veracruz, Ver., México
  • Telephone: (229)932-20-26
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
9 June 1962ErectedDiocese 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)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966455,000495,00091.9%3016469,891161623ap1967
1970604,000630,00095.9%31205111,8432217024ap1971
1976660,000700,00094.3%42226410,3122425031ap1977
1980684,000798,00085.7%4722699,9132425031ap1981
19901,205,0001,285,00093.8%47247116,9712420638ap1991
19993,038,0803,167,90095.9%782410229,7852422366ap2000
20002,035,0002,200,00092.5%862411018,50082422368ap2001
20012,035,0002,200,00092.5%822410619,19882422368ap2002
20022,035,0002,200,00092.5%853411917,10083418369ap2003
20032,035,0002,200,00092.5%873412116,81884018870ap2004
20041,800,0002,000,00090.0%893412314,63484018270ap2005
20101,894,0002,105,00090.0%1022712914,682103415472ap2011
20141,958,0002,177,00089.9%1162814413,597355412474ap2015
20172,020,3602,246,60089.9%1202314314,1282712476ap2018
20202,080,9002,313,88089.9%1212414514,351352812486ap2021

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 55, Page 699, to Page 701

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