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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

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Country
  
Mexico

Parishes
  
56

Phone
  
+52 294 942 4474

Metropolitan
  
San Andrés Tuxtla

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

Area
  
5,212 sq mi (13,500 km)

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,085,000 1,010,000 (93.1%)

Address
  
24 de Febrero 52, Primera de Mayo, 95700 San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver., Mexico

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, San Andrés Tuxtla

Similar
  
Parroquia del Sagrario, Templo de Santa Rosa, Ministerio Público Federal, Obispado de San Andrés, Martínez Mata José

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla) (erected 23 May 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. In 1962, it lost territory to form the Archdiocese of Jalapa and the Diocese of Veracruz. It also lost territory in 1984 with the formation of the Diocese of Coatzacoalcos.

Ordinaries

  • Jesús Villareal y Fierro (1959 -1965)
  • Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1965 -1968)
  • Guillermo Ranzahuer González (1969 -2004)
  • José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz (2004 - )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla Wikipedia