Diocese of Tampico Dioecesis Tampicensis Diócesis de Tampico |
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Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Monterrey |
Metropolitan | Tampico, Tamaulipas |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,756 sq mi (22,680 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,234,000 1,150,000 (93.2%) |
Parishes | 64 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 August 1861 (155 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Luis Dibildox Martínez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Rogelio Cabrera López |
Emeritus Bishops | Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. |
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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.