Diocese of Veracruz Dioecesis Verae Crucis Diócesis de Veracruz |
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Catedral de la Asunción de María
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Jalapa |
Metropolitan | Veracruz, Veracruz |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,476 sq mi (9,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 2,105,000 1,894,000 (90%) |
Parishes | 72 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 June 1962 (54 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Hipólito Reyes Larios |
Emeritus Bishops | Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez |
Website | |
diocesisdeveracruz.mx |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Veracruz (Latin: Dioecesis Verae Crucis) (erected 9 June 1962) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa.