Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Jalapa / Xalapa / Ialapen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1863.03.19: Established as Diocese of Veracruz–Jalapa / Jalapen(sis) (Latin) / Veræ Crucis (Latin) (from Diocese of Puebla–Tlaxcala and became suffragan of México)
1922.11.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Papantla
1951.06.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa / Jalapen(sis) (Latin) / Veræ Crucis (Latin) (with suffragan see Papantla)
1959.05.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla and gained suffragan see San Andrés Tuxtla
1962.06.09: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa / Xalapa / Ialapen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Veracruz and gained suffragan sees Tuxpan and Veracruz)
1984.03.14: Gained suffragan see Coatzacoalcos
2000.04.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Córdoba and Diocese of Orizaba and gained suffragan sees Córdoba and Orizaba

Contact Info

Address: Av. M. Avila Camacho #73, Centro, C.P. 91000 - Xalapa, Ver., Mexico

Phone: (228) 8-12-05-79

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.12.08 – ...):	Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (66)
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.04.28 – ...):	Bishop José Rafael Palma Capetillo (69) Titular Bishop of Vallis

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Jalapa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (66)
(2021.12.08 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1958.01.03 (Mérida, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1988.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.12.15

Priest of Yucatán (Mexico) (1988.01.12 – 2009.10.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) (2009.10.15 – 2012.05.02)

Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) (2012.05.02 – 2013.09.21)

Secretary for Seminaries of Congregation for Clergy (2013.09.21 – 2021.12.08)

Archbishop ad personam (2013.09.21 – 2021.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (2021.12.08 – ...)

Bishop José Trinidad Zapata Ortíz (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.08.13 – 2021.12.08)

Archbishop Hipólito Reyes Larios
(2007.04.10 – 2021.08.08)

Spiritus Domini super nos

Born:	1946.08.13 (Ciudad Mendoza, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1973.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.06.13
Died:	2021.08.08 (Xapala, Mexico † 74)

Priest of Jalapa (Mexico) (1973.08.15 – 2000.04.15)

Bishop of Orizaba (Mexico) (2000.04.15 – 2007.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (2007.04.10 – 2021.08.08)

Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera (later Cardinal)
(1979.03.12 – 2007.04.10)

Fuerza ante la debilidad

Born:	1931.10.31 (Xalapa, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1954.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.06.21
Created Cardinal:	2018.06.28
Died:	2019.08.11 (Coatepec, Mexico † 87)

Priest of Jalapa (Mexico) (1954.10.31 – 1971.04.30)

Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) (1971.04.30 – 1974.01.15)

Titular Archbishop of Uppenna (1974.01.15 – 1979.03.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (1974.01.15 – 1979.03.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (1979.03.12 – 2007.04.10)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1982 – 1988)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1994 – 1997)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (2018.06.28 [2018.07.01] – 2019.08.11)

Archbishop Emilio Abascal y Salmerón
(1968.04.18 – 1979.03.12)

Born:	1904.06.13 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.10.11
Died:	1979.03.12 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Abziri (1953.07.25 – 1968.04.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1953.07.25 – 1968.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (1968.04.18 – 1979.03.12)

Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada
(1962.06.09 – 1968.04.18)

Born:	1891.05.05 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1914.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.08.05
Died:	1971.08.11 († 80)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1934.06.16 – 1939.10.11)

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1939.10.11 – 1951.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1951.06.29 – 1962.06.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jalapa (Mexico) (1962.06.09 – 1968.04.18)

Founder of Workers of the Kingdom of Christ (1963.09.12)

Titular Archbishop of Druas (1968.04.18 – 1970.12.31)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Veracruz–Jalapa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Manuel Pío López Estrada
(1951.06.29 – 1962.06.09)

(see above)

Bishops of Veracruz–Jalapa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manuel Pío López Estrada (later Archbishop)
(1939.10.11 – 1951.06.29)

(see above)

Saint Bishop Raphael Guízar y Valencia
(1919.08.01 – 1938.06.06)

Born:	1878.04.26 (Michoacán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1901.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.11.30
Died:	1938.06.06 (Ciudad de México, Mexico † 60)
Beatified:	1995.01.29
Canonised:	2006.10.15
Feast:	06.06

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1919.08.01 – 1938.06.06)

Bishop.

Bishop Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez
(1895.03.18 – 1919.08.01)

Born:	1839.01.06
Ordained Priest:	1864.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.05.01
Died:	1919.09.11 († 80)

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1895.03.18 – 1919.08.01)

Bishop José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares
(1887.03.17 – 1894.03.26)

Born:	1834.01.18
Ordained Priest:	1856.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.06.19
Died:	1894.03.26 († 60)

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1887.03.17 – 1894.03.26)

Bishop José María Mora y Daza
(1870.03.21 – 1884.11.14)

Born:	1820.04.15 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1851.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.07.17
Died:	1887.12.26 († 67)

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1870.03.21 – 1884.11.14)

Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1884.11.14 – 1887.12.26)

Bishop Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares
(1863.03.19 – 1869.01.26)

Born:	1823.09.13 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1848.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.05.08
Died:	1869.01.26 († 45)

Bishop of Veracruz–Jalapa (Mexico) (1863.03.19 – 1869.01.26)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera (later Cardinal) (1974.01.15 – 1979.03.12)