Diocese of Tapachula, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tapachula / Tapacolen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

1957.06.19: Established as Diocese of Tapachula / Tapacolen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chiapas and became suffragan of Antequera)
1964.10.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Contact Info

Address: Primera Avenida Sur #1, 30700 - Tapachula, Chis., Mexico

Phone: (962) 6-26-15-03

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.04.09 – ...):

Bishop Luis Manuel López Alfaro (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tapachula (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Manuel López Alfaro (61)
(2025.04.09 – ...)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico)

Born:	1963.06.21 (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1991.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.28

Priest of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (1991.08.15 – 2020.06.06)

Titular Bishop of Garba (2020.06.06 – 2025.04.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (2020.06.06 – 2025.04.09)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (2025.04.09 – ...)

Bishop Jaime Calderón Calderón (59) (later Archbishop)
(2018.07.07 – 2024.07.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of León (Mexico)
Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Born:	1966.05.01 (Churintzio, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1991.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.10.05

Priest of Zamora (Mexico) (1991.02.16 – 2012.07.05)

Titular Bishop of Iomnium (2012.07.05 – 2018.07.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (2012.07.05 – 2018.07.07)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (2018.07.07 – 2024.07.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of León (Mexico) (2024.07.04 – ...)

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

Bishop Leopoldo González González (74) (later Archbishop)
(2005.06.09 – 2017.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico)

Abba Padre

Born:	1950.10.31 (Abasolo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.19

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1975.11.23 – 1999.03.18)

Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (2005.06.09 – 2017.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico) (2017.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Rogelio Cabrera López (74) (later Archbishop)
(2001.07.16 – 2004.09.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)
Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)

Hæc est victoria fides nostra

Born:	1951.01.24 (Santa Catalina, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1978.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.30

Priest of Querétaro (Mexico) (1978.11.17 – 1996.04.30)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1996.04.30 – 2001.07.16)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (2001.07.16 – 2004.09.11)

Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2004.09.11 – 2006.11.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2006.11.25 – 2012.10.03)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2009 – 2012)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2012.10.03 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tampico (Mexico) (2018.07.20 – 2019.05.11)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2018.11.13 – 2024.11.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) (2021.03.30 – 2021.09.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (85) (later Cardinal)
(1991.02.07 – 2000.03.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort
Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico)

Cristo unico camino

Born:	1940.05.01 (Chiltepec, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1963.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.03.07
Created Cardinal:	2020.11.28

Priest of Toluca (Mexico) (1963.08.25 – 1991.02.07)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (1991.02.07 – 2000.03.31)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2000)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) (2000.03.31 – 2017.11.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort (2020.11.28 [2020.11.29] – ...)

Bishop Luis Miguel Cantón Marín
(1984.03.30 – 1990.05.10)

Born:	1938.10.18 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.06.06
Died:	1990.05.10 († 51)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (1984.03.30 – 1990.05.10)

Bishop Juvenal Porcayo Uribe
(1976.07.03 – 1983.06.30)

Born:	1917.05.03 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1941.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.09.08
Died:	1983.06.30 († 66)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (1976.07.03 – 1983.06.30)

Bishop Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño (later Archbishop)
(1971.06.11 – 1976.06.11)

Amo a la iglesia

Born:	1918.08.18 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1945.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.12.17
Died:	1999.01.07 († 80)

Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico) (1963.08.19 – 1967.05.18)

Titular Bishop of Claterna (1967.05.18 – 1971.06.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1967.05.18 – 1971.06.11)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (1971.06.11 – 1976.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1976.06.11 – 1993.10.04)

Bishop Adolfo Hernández Hurtado
(1958.01.13 – 1970.09.06)

Born:	1920.12.18 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.05.11
Died:	2004.10.15 († 83)

Bishop of Tapachula (Mexico) (1958.01.13 – 1970.09.06)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (1970.09.06 – 1974.12.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1974.12.12 – 1997.03.20)

Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati (1974.12.12 – 2004.10.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San José, Tapachula, Chiapas
Former Cathedral: Iglesia San Agustín, Tapachula, Chiapas

Tehuantepec (↖), Tuxtla Gutiérrez (↑), San Cristóbal de las Casas (↗), Huehuetenango (↗), San Marcos (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,245 km²

Population: 610,135 Catholics (53.0% of 1,151,198 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes, 10 missions

Personnel: 109 priests (101 diocesan, 8 religious), 119 religious (8 brothers, 111 sisters), 34 seminarians