Diocese of Orizaba, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Orizaba / Mendoza / Orizaben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jalapa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2000.04.15: Established as Diocese of Orizaba / Mendoza / Orizaben(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jalapa and became suffragan of Jalapa)

Contact Info

Address: Templo de Nta. Sra del Carmen; Sur 9 #142 entre Oriente 2 y 4, 94300 - Orizaba, Ver., Mexico

Phone: (272) 7-24-48-75

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.02.02 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Orizaba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino (71)
(2015.02.02 – ...)

Bishop of Orizaba (Mexico)

Sólo somos siervos

Born:	1953.10.13 (Ocatán Merino Palafox, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1979.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.23

Priest of Tuxpan (Mexico) (1979.03.24 – 2015.02.02)

Bishop of Orizaba (Mexico) (2015.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (78)
(2008.02.23 – 2013.11.11)

Bishop emeritus of Colima (Mexico)

Servir con alegría

Born:	1946.05.28 (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1973.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.02.05

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1973.04.22 – 1998.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Ancusa (1998.01.05 – 2008.02.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1998.01.05 – 2008.02.23)

Bishop of Orizaba (Mexico) (2008.02.23 – 2013.11.11)

Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (2013.11.11 – 2021.12.23)

Bishop Hipólito Reyes Larios (later Archbishop)
(2000.04.15 – 2007.04.10)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Miguel Arcangel, Orizaba, Veracruz

Tehuacán (↙), Puebla de los Ángeles (↖), Córdoba (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,012 km²

Population: 693,779 Catholics (91.1% of 761,193 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes, 11 missions

Personnel: 88 priests (73 diocesan, 15 religious), 139 religious (17 brothers, 122 sisters), 27 seminarians