Diocese of Tlapa, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tlapa / Tlapen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Acapulco

Neighbouring Dioceses: Acapulco (↙), Chilpancingo–Chilapa (←), Puebla de los Ángeles (↑), Huajuapan de León (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1992.01.04: Established as Diocese of Tlapa / Tlapen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa and became suffragan of Acapulco)

Contact Info

Address: Anexo de Catedral, Centro, 41300 - Tlapa de Comonfort, Gro., Mexico

Phone: (757) 4-76-08-35

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.02.23 – ...):

Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tlapa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (70)
(2013.02.23 – ...)

Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico)

Cristo luz del mundo

Born:	1955.04.15 (La Loma, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1983.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.04.12

Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1983.04.24 – 2011.02.24)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena (2011.02.24 – 2013.02.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (2011.02.24 – 2013.02.23)

Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico) (2013.02.23 – ...)

Bishop Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. (69) (later Archbishop)
(2007.03.27 – 2012.07.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Discípulo misionero

Born:	1956.05.13 (Puebla, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.06.11

Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico) (2007.03.27 – 2012.07.17)

Bishop of Ecatepec (Mexico) (2012.07.17 – 2024.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (2024.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Alejo Zavala Castro
(1992.01.04 – 2005.11.19)

Born:	1941.12.31 (Galeana, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.25
Died:	2025.11.02 (Morelia, Mexico † 83)

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1966.12.17 – 1992.01.04)

Bishop of Tlapa (Mexico) (1992.01.04 – 2005.11.19)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (2005.11.19 – 2015.06.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Agustín, Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero

Acapulco (↙), Chilpancingo–Chilapa (←), Puebla de los Ángeles (↑), Huajuapan de León (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,480 km²

Population: 623,440 Catholics (97.8% of 637,560 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 56 priests (48 diocesan, 8 religious), 91 religious (12 brothers, 79 sisters), 24 seminarians