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Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 23 May 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Veracruz
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 13,495 (5,212 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Golfo
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Belisario Dominguez 01, 95700 San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver., México
  • Telephone: (294)942.15.83; 942-03-74
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
23 May 1959ErectedDiocese of Tehuantepec (Coatzacoalcos, Moloacán, Hidalgotitlán, Jáltipan de Morelos, Cosoleacaque, Texistepec, Oluta, Jésus Carranza, San Juan Evangelista, Mecayapan, Hueyapan de Ocampo, San Andrés Tuxtla, Playa Vicente, Chacaltianguis, and Tlacojalpan)
Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (Acula, Amatitlán, Ixmatlahuacan, Tlacotalpan, Saltabarranca, Lerdo de Tejada, and part of Cosamaloapan)
Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (erected)
9 June 1962Territory LostDiocese 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)
14 March 1984Territory LostDiocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (Coatzacoalcos, Cosoleacaque, Ixhuatlan del Sureste, Hidalgotitlan, Minatitlan, Moloacan, Las Choapas, Pajapan, and Zaragoza) Diocese of Coatzacoalcos (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966485,394539,21590.0%2953414,27678920ap1967
1970553,500615,24690.0%3443814,565710619ap1971
1976772,000857,79090.0%3824019,300211430ap1977
1980926,0001,060,00087.4%4855317,471610237ap1981
1990639,000723,00088.4%3654115,585356225ap1991
1999856,000892,00096.0%5625814,7582427639ap2000
2000872,000908,00096.0%5926114,2952428140ap2001
2001844,351894,35194.4%7137411,4103238243ap2002
2002921,138968,26695.1%6626813,54631210645ap2003
2003920,138968,26695.0%70168610,69983168746ap2004
2004922,898968,26695.3%6927112,99834211347ap2005
20101,010,0001,085,00093.1%8328511,88233211056ap2011
20141,010,914.0%103310603197561ap2015*
20171,019,4791,418,84871.9%10571129,10233208865ap2018
20201,157,2501,561,80074.1%105210710,815273210365ap2021
20221,177,0001,589,00074.1%104410810,89823189765ap2023

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 51, Page 881, to Page 883

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