Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

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Parishes 50 Rite Roman Rite Metropolitan archbishop Hipólito Reyes Larios		Denomination Roman Catholic Country Mexico

Area 4,635 sq mi (12,000 km) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,799,6481,380,738 (76.6%) Established 24 November 1922 (94 years ago) Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, Papantla

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla (Latin: Dioecesis Papantlensis) (erected 24 November 1922 and based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. Along with the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, it lost territory in 1962 to form the Diocese of Tuxpan.

Ordinaries

Nicolás Corona y Corona (1922–1950)

Luis Cabrera Cruz (1950–1958)

Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco (1959–1970)

Sergio Obeso Rivera (1971–1974)

Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (1974–1980)

Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín (1980–2012 )

Jorge Carlos Patron Wong (2012–2013); formerly served as Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Aregullín; named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla Wikipedia

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