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Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba

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Country
  
Mexico

Area
  
777 sq mi (2,010 km)

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Metropolitan
  
Orizaba, Veracruz

Parishes
  
40

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2003) 551,010 498,648 (90.5%)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, Orizaba

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba (Latin: Dioecesis Orizabensis) (erected 15 April 2000) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa.

Contents

Ordinaries

  • Hipólito Reyes Larios (2000 - 2007)
  • Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (2008 - 2013); named Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima, based in Colima, Mexico, by Pope Francis on Monday, November 2013
  • Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino (2015 - )

    • Episcopal See

  • Orizaba, Veracruz

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba Wikipedia
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