Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

Diocese of Papantla Dioecesis Papantlensis Diócesis de Papantla
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Jalapa
Metropolitan	Teziutlán, Puebla (In 1901, the see was changed to Teziutlán, in Eastern Puebla, near to the border with Veracruz)
Statistics
Area	4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 1,799,648 1,380,738 (76.6%)
Parishes	50
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 November 1922 (99 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vacant
Bishops emeritus
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.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• (1922–1950)
• (1950–1958), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
• (1959–1970)
• Sergio Obeso Rivera (1971–1974), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz; future Cardinal
• (1974–1980)
• (1980–2012)
• Jorge Carlos Patron Wong (2012–2013); formerly served as Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Aregullín; named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013^[1] and became an archbishop
• (2014-

Coadjutor bishop[]

• Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (2009-2012)

External links and references[]

• "Diocese of Papantla". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.

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