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Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

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Diocese of Papantla

Dioecesis Papantlensis

Diócesis de Papantla
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Xalapa
Statistics
Area4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,799,648
1,380,738 (76.6%)
Parishes50
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established24 November 1922 (102 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Metropolitan ArchbishopVacant
Bishops emeritusLorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín
Map
Website
www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx

The Diocese of Papantla (Latin: Dioecesis Papantlensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It was erected 24 November 1922 and based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa. Along with the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, it lost territory in 1962 to form the Diocese of Tuxpan.

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Episcopal see

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Teziutlán, Puebla: In 1901, the see was changed to Teziutlán, in Eastern Puebla, near to the border with Veracruz.

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