Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tuxtla Gutiérrez / Tuxtlen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: San Cristóbal de las Casas, Tapachula

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1964.10.27: Established as Diocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez / Tuxtlen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chiapas, Diocese of Tabasco and Diocese of Tapachula and became suffragan of Antequera)
2006.11.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez / Tuxtlen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees San Cristóbal de las Casas and Tapachula)

Contact Info

Address: Uruguay #500 A Col. El Retiro, 29040 - Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis., Mexico

Phone: (961) 6-04-06-44

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.02.26 – ...):	Archbishop José Francisco González González (59)
Auxiliary Bishop (2007.03.23 – ...):	Bishop José Luis Mendoza Corzo (65) Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Francisco González González (59)
(2025.02.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Verba vitæ æternæ habes

Born:	1966.03.17 (Yahualica, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.04.10

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1995.06.04 – 2008.02.14)

Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (2008.02.14 – 2013.12.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2008.02.14 – 2013.12.13)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2009.06 – 2011.05.19)

Bishop of Campeche (Mexico) (2013.12.13 – 2025.02.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2025.02.26 – ...)

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (73)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.11.27 – 2025.02.26)

Archbishop Fabio Martínez Castilla
(2013.02.19 – 2023.11.25)

Born:	1950.07.20 (Islas Mujeres, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.05.04
Died:	2023.11.25 (Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico † 73)

Priest of Yucatán (Mexico) (1977.01.31 – 2007.03.13)

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Mexico) (2007.03.13 – 2013.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2013.02.19 – 2023.11.25)

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López (74)
(2006.11.25 – 2012.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (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 – 2025.10.07)

Bishops of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rogelio Cabrera López (74) (later Archbishop)
(2004.09.11 – 2006.11.25)

(see above)

Bishop José Luis Chávez Botello (84) (later Archbishop)
(2001.07.16 – 2003.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Antequera (Mexico)

Born:	1941.02.08 (Tototlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.19

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1969.12.08 – 1997.02.21)

Titular Bishop of Cova (1997.02.21 – 2001.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1997.02.21 – 2001.07.16)

Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (2001.07.16 – 2003.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) (2003.11.08 – 2018.02.10)

Bishop Felipe Aguirre Franco (91) (later Archbishop)
(1988.04.28 – 2000.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Acapulco (Mexico)

Born:	1934.02.04 (Encarnación de Díaz, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.04.25

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1958.03.22 – 1974.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Otricoli (1974.03.12 – 1988.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1974.03.12 – 1988.04.28)

Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1988.04.28 – 2000.06.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico) (2000.06.30 – 2001.05.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Acapulco (Mexico) (2001.05.08 – 2010.06.07)

Bishop José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco
(1965.05.20 – 1988.02.12)

Born:	1921.03.30 (Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1948.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.07.25
Died:	2017.09.04 (Guadalajara, Mexico † 96)

Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1965.05.20 – 1988.02.12)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1988.02.12 – 1999.01.20)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Felipe Aguirre Franco (91) (later Archbishop) (1974.03.12 – 1988.04.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Marcos, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas

Churches by City (57)

Tehuantepec (←), Coatzacoalcos (↖), Tabasco (↑), San Cristóbal de las Casas (→), Tapachula (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,629 km²

Population: 1,327,825 Catholics (65.5% of 2,026,043 total)

Pastoral Centres: 72 parishes, 15 missions

Personnel: 172 priests (151 diocesan, 21 religious), 11 deacons, 337 religious (57 brothers, 280 sisters), 79 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.11

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