Diocese of Tuxpan, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tuxpan / Tuxpanien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jalapa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1962.06.09: Established as Diocese of Tuxpan / Tuxpanien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Huejutla, Diocese of Papantla, Diocese of Tampico and Diocese of Tulancingo and became suffragan of Jalapa)

Contact Info

Address: Independencia #56, Col. La Rivera, 92870 - Tuxpan, Ver., Mexico

Phone: (783) 8-34-16-36

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.27 – ...):

Bishop Roberto Madrigal Gallegos (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tuxpan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roberto Madrigal Gallegos (57)
(2021.02.27 – ...)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico)

Born:	1967.12.08 (Ejido Iquinuapa, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1997.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.05.19

Priest of Tabasco (Mexico) (1997.11.30 – 2021.02.27)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (2021.02.27 – ...)

Bishop Juan Navarro Castellanos (80)
(2009.02.12 – 2021.02.27)

Bishop emeritus of Tuxpan (Mexico)

Duc in altum

Born:	1945.01.27 (San José de Gracia, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.03.23

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1977.12.23 – 2004.01.31)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (2004.01.31 – 2009.02.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco (Mexico) (2004.01.31 – 2009.02.12)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (2009.02.12 – 2021.02.27)

Bishop Domingo Díaz Martínez (76) (later Archbishop)
(2002.03.23 – 2008.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Fortitudo mea Dominus

Born:	1948.08.04 (Bravo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.05.01

Priest of Querétaro (Mexico) (1977.06.27 – 2002.03.23)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (2002.03.23 – 2008.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (2008.06.04 – 2024.07.03)

Bishop Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez
(1989.08.06 – 2000.02.18)

Born:	1939.02.25 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.10.25
Died:	2005.11.20 († 66)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (1989.08.06 – 2000.02.18)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico) (2000.02.18 – 2005.11.20)

Bishop Mario de Gasperín Gasperín (90)
(1983.06.03 – 1989.04.04)

Bishop emeritus of Querétaro (Mexico)

Gloria Dei vivens homo

Born:	1935.01.18 (Córdoba, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1960.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.04

Priest of Córdoba (Mexico) (1960.10.30 – 1983.06.03)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (1983.06.03 – 1989.04.04)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1989.04.04 – 2011.04.20)

Bishop Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo
(1963.01.15 – 1982.09.02)

Born:	1907.07.17 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1929.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.25
Died:	1996.12.07 († 89)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (1963.01.15 – 1982.09.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Tulancingo (↙), Huejutla (←), Ciudad Valles (↖), Tampico (↑), Papantla (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 19,000 km²

Population: 898,000 Catholics (74.8% of 1,200,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 62 parishes

Personnel: 86 priests (diocesan), 24 religious (1 brother, 23 sisters), 19 seminarians