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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico

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Parishes
  
64

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Mexico

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
22,678 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Rogelio Cabrera López

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 1,234,000 1,150,000 (93.2%)

Established
  
13 August 1861 (155 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey, Tampico

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico (Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) (erected 12 March 1870 as Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, renamed 25 February 1958) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey.

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Ordinaries

  • Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y González, O.F.M. (1861–1869)
  • Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1871–1879)
  • Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho (1880–1896)
  • Filemón Fierro y Terán (1897–1905)
  • José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez (1909–1914)
  • José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1919–1923)
  • Serafín María Armora y González (1923–1955)
  • Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1956–1967)
  • Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1968–1987)
  • Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. (1987–2003) – Bishop Emeritus
  • José Luis Dibildox Martínez (2003– )

    • Episcopal See

  • Tampico, Tamaulipas

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico Wikipedia
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