Diocese of Campeche, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Campeche / Campecoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yucatán

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1895.03.24: Established as Diocese of Campeche / Campecoren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Yucatán, gained territory from Diocese of Tabasco and became suffragan of Antequera)
1906.11.11: Became suffragan of Yucatán
1970.05.23: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chetumal

Contact Info

Address: Calle 53 # 1 B Entre 8 y 10. Centro, 24000 - Campeche, Camp., Mexico

Phone: (981) 8-16-25-24

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Campeche (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Francisco González González (59) (later Archbishop)
(2013.12.13 – 2025.02.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Verba vitæ æternæ habes

Born:	1966.03.17 (Yahualica, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.04.10

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1995.06.04 – 2008.02.14)

Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (2008.02.14 – 2013.12.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2008.02.14 – 2013.12.13)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2009.06 – 2011.05.19)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (2013.12.13 – 2025.02.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2025.02.26 – ...)

Bishop Ramón Castro Castro (69)
(2006.04.08 – 2013.05.15)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)
President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Sufficit tibi gratia mea

Born:	1956.01.27 (Teocuitatlán de Corona, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.03

Priest of Tijuana (Mexico) (1982.05.13 – 2004.04.02)

Titular Bishop of Suelli (2004.04.02 – 2006.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (2004.04.02 – 2006.04.08)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (2006.04.08 – 2013.05.15)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (2013.05.15 – ...)

General Secretary of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2021.11.10 – 2024.11.12)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2024.11.12 – ...)

Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (87)
(1995.05.09 – 2005.06.09)

Bishop emeritus of Colima (Mexico)

Born:	1938.05.02 (Purépero, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.06.21

Priest of Zamora (Mexico) (1962.12.22 – 1995.05.09)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1995.05.09 – 2005.06.09)

Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (2005.06.09 – 2013.11.11)

Bishop Carlos Suárez Cázares (79)
(1988.06.01 – 1994.08.18)

Titular Bishop of Abidda
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Morelia (Mexico)

Born:	1946.12.02 (La Piedad, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.07.25

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1972.12.30 – 1988.06.01)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1988.06.01 – 1994.08.18)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (1994.08.18 – 2006.12.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2008.11.04 – 2021.12.23)

Titular Bishop of Abidda (2008.11.04 – ...)

Bishop Héctor González Martínez (86) (later Archbishop)
(1982.02.09 – 1988.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Durango (Mexico)

Scio cui credidi

Born:	1939.03.28 (Miguel Auza, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.03.24

Priest of Durango (Mexico) (1963.12.01 – 1982.02.09)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1982.02.09 – 1988.02.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1988.02.04 – 1993.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1993.10.04 – 2003.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (2003.02.11 – 2014.09.26)

Bishop José de Jesús Garcia Ayala
(1967.04.27 – 1982.02.09)

Born:	1910.06.07 (Yurécuaro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1937.05.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.02
Died:	2014.01.15 († 103)

Titular Bishop of Lacedæmonia (1963.05.21 – 1967.04.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1963.05.21 – 1967.04.27)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1967.04.27 – 1982.02.09)

Bishop Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla
(1939.07.15 – 1967.02.28)

Born:	1881.08.03 (San Salvador El Seco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1910.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.28
Died:	1967.02.28 († 85)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1939.07.15 – 1967.02.28)

Bishop Luis Guízar y Barragán
(1931.11.27 – 1938.10.09)

Born:	1895.06.21 (Cotija, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1918.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.02.07
Died:	1981.10.26 († 86)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1931.11.27 – 1938.10.09)

Titular Bishop of Knin (1938.10.09 – 1954.04.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1938.10.09 – 1954.04.05)

Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1954.04.05 – 1975.10.04)

Bishop Francisco María González y Arias
(1922.04.21 – 1931.01.30)

Born:	1874.08.12 (Cotija, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1897.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.06.11
Died:	1946.08.20 († 72)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1922.04.21 – 1931.01.30)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1931.01.30 – 1946.08.20)

Bishop Vicente Castellanos y Núñez
(1912.02.07 – 1921.08.26)

Born:	1870.08.05 (Mazamitla, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1894.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.04.21
Died:	1939.04.02 († 68)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1912.02.07 – 1921.08.26)

Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1921.08.26 – 1932.02.02)

Bishop Jaime de Anasagasti y Llamas
(1909.11.12 – 1910.10.03)

Born:	1863.05.23 (Santa María de Mundaca, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1886.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.12.12
Died:	1910.10.03 († 47)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1909.11.12 – 1910.10.03)

Bishop Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera (later Archbishop)
(1904.12.11 – 1909.08.07)

Born:	1852.11.14 (Tinguindín, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1875.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.02.02
Died:	1923.07.28 († 70)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1904.12.11 – 1909.08.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (1909.08.07 – 1923.07.28)

Bishop Rómulo Betancourt y Torres
(1900.08.31 – 1901.10.21)

Born:	1858.02.17 (Irapuato, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1885.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.11.30
Died:	1901.10.21 (Mérida, Mexico † 43)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1900.08.31 – 1901.10.21)

Bishop Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette (later Archbishop)
(1895.09.17 – 1898.11.28)

Born:	1856.10.20 (Zamora, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1880.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.02.16
Died:	1920.07.02 (Monterrey, Mexico † 63)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (1895.09.17 – 1898.11.28)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1898.11.28 – 1911.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico) (1911.11.27 – 1920.07.02)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José de Jesús Garcia Ayala (1963.05.21 – 1967.04.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción, Campeche, Campeche

Tabasco (←), Yucatán (↗), Cancún–Chetumal (→), Belize City–Belmopan (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,924 km²

Population: 754,000 Catholics (79.9% of 943,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 132 priests (123 diocesan, 9 religious), 11 deacons, 209 religious (57 brothers, 152 sisters), 35 seminarians