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Diocese of Tabasco

Dioecesis Tabasquensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 May 1880
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Yucatán
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Tabasco
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 24,738 (9,555 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sureste
  • Mailing Address: Plutarco Elias Calles 114, Col. Jesus Garcia, 86040 Villahermosa, Tab., México
  • Telephone: (993)312.13.97

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 May 1880ErectedDiocese of Yucatán (Mérida) Diocese of Tabasco (erected)
27 October 1964Territory LostDiocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) (Cintalapa, Jiquipilas, Ocozocoautla, Tecpatán, Francisco León, Chapultenango, Ishuatán, Tapilula, Rayón, Pantepec, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, Ocotepec, Tapalapa, Coapilla, Copainalá, Jitötol, Bochil, Chicoasén, Berriozabál, San Fernando , Osumacinta, ...)
Diocese of Tabasco (Reforma, Sunuapan, Pichuacalco, Juárez, Ixtapangajoya, and Parts of Ostuacan, Solosuchiapa, and Ixtacomitán)
Diocese of Tapachula (Villa Flores, Villa Corzo, Angel Albino Corzo (Jaltenango) and La Concordia)
Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950399,000400,00099.8%551039,9005138ap1951
1965550,000600,00091.7%26113714,864157122ap1967
19684011510179233ap1971*
1976925,000975,00094.9%46135915,6771411034ap1977
1980950,0001,000,00095.0%44135716,6661315836ap1981
19901,672,0001,948,00085.8%63137622,00021817345ap1991
19991,500,0001,800,00083.3%79139216,3041518551ap2000
20001,500,0001,800,00083.3%80139316,1291518551ap2001
20011,056,5701,748,76960.4%95151109,6051718552ap2002
2003910,0001,507,44060.4%99151147,9821718558ap2004
20041,172,4691,891,82962.0%103151189,9361718558ap2005
20101,482,0002,023,00073.3%125251509,880152617263ap2011
20141,562,3932,403,68265.0%142281709,190153515893ap2015
20171,707,2692,626,56965.0%158381968,71050133100ap2018
20201,838,5402,828,52765.0%164311959,42837202106ap2021
20221,510,1152,404,64162.8%164241888,03228155114ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


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