Diocese of Papantla Dioecesis Papantlensis Diócesis de Papantla |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Jalapa |
Metropolitan | Papantla, Veracruz |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,799,648 1,380,738 (76.6%) |
Parishes | 50 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 24 November 1922 (94 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | sede vacante (vacant see); Bishop Jorge Carlos Patron Wong was named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Hipólito Reyes Larios |
Emeritus Bishops | Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx |
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.