Diocese of Veracruz, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Veracruz / Veræ Crucis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jalapa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.06.09: Established as Diocese of Veracruz / Veræ Crucis (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla and became suffragan of Jalapa)

Contact Info

Address: Insurgentes Veracruzanos #470, Paseo del Malecón, 91700 - Veracruz, Ver., Mexico

Phone: (229) 9-31-24-13

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.05)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.11.12 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Veracruz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (64)
(2018.11.12 – ...)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico)

Servi enim sumus ejus ecclesiæ

Born:	1960.07.04 (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1986.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.17

Titular Bishop of Tricala (2006.05.20 – 2018.11.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2006.05.20 – 2018.11.12)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico) (2018.11.12 – ...)

Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. (82)
(2006.05.08 – 2018.11.12)

Bishop emeritus of Veracruz (Mexico)

Born:	1941.12.12 (Irapuato, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.02.24

Bishop-Prelate of Mixes (Mexico) (2000.12.16 – 2006.05.08)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico) (2006.05.08 – 2018.11.12)

Bishop Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez
(2000.02.18 – 2005.11.20)

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 José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano
(1963.01.15 – 2000.02.18)

Born:	1920.12.12 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1946.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.19
Died:	2013.09.08 († 92)

Bishop of Veracruz (Mexico) (1963.01.15 – 2000.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Asunción de María, Veracruz, Veracruz
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Cristóbal, Tlacotalpan, Veracruz
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Miguel, Tlacotalpan, Veracruz

Córdoba (←), Jalapa (↖), San Andrés Tuxtla (↘), Tuxtepec (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,227 km²

Population: 2,133,000 Catholics (89.9% of 2,371,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 87 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 130 priests (110 diocesan, 20 religious), 25 deacons, 132 religious (31 brothers, 101 sisters), 35 seminarians