Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Andrés Tuxtla / Sancti Andreæ de Tuxtla (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jalapa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.05.23: Established as Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla / Sancti Andreæ de Tuxtla (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veracruz–Jalapa and Diocese of Tehuantepec and became suffragan of Veracruz–Jalapa)
1962.06.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Veracruz
1984.03.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Coatzacoalcos

Contact Info

Address: Constitución y Morelos s/n, Centro, 95700 - San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver., Mexico

Phone: (294) 9-42-12-45

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.08.14 – ...):

Bishop José Luis Canto Sosa (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Andrés Tuxtla (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Luis Canto Sosa (63)
(2021.08.14 – ...)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico)

Dios proveerá

Born:	1960.10.29 (Calkiní, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1996.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.10.27

Priest of Campeche (Mexico) (1996.12.27 – 2021.08.14)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (2021.08.14 – ...)

Bishop Fidencio López Plaza (74)
(2015.03.02 – 2020.09.12)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico)

Quæ non assumpta non redempta sunt

Born:	1950.04.28 (La Estancia San José Iturbide, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.05.20

Priest of Querétaro (Mexico) (1982.02.19 – 2015.03.02)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (2015.03.02 – 2020.09.12)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (2020.09.12 – ...)

Bishop José Trinidad Zapata Ortíz (65)
(2004.06.12 – 2014.03.20)

Bishop of Papantla (Mexico)

Es el señor

Born:	1959.05.24 (Zacatecas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.07.31

Priest of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1990.05.09 – 2004.06.12)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (2004.06.12 – 2014.03.20)

Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) (2014.03.20 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Jalapa (Mexico) (2021.08.13 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop Guillermo Ranzahuer González
(1969.02.15 – 2004.06.12)

Born:	1928.03.12 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.03.22
Died:	2008.08.05 († 80)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1969.02.15 – 2004.06.12)

Bishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (later Archbishop)
(1965.03.21 – 1968.08.13)

Born:	1922.01.17 (Tampico, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1947.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.06.21
Died:	2018.05.29 († 96)

Titular Bishop of Cerasus (1960.04.20 – 1965.03.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1960.04.20 – 1965.03.21)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1965.03.21 – 1968.08.13)

Bishop of Tampico (Mexico) (1968.08.13 – 1987.01.27)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1987.01.27 – 1988.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1988.11.05 – 1999.01.20)

Bishop Jesús Villareal y Fierro
(1959.05.23 – 1965.02.20)

Born:	1884.04.26 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1908.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.10.29
Died:	1965.02.20 († 80)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1933.09.12 – 1959.05.23)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1959.05.23 – 1965.02.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (later Archbishop) (1960.04.20 – 1965.03.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San José y San Andrés, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Virgen del Carmen, Catemaco, Veracruz

Churches by City (61)

Tuxtepec (↙), Veracruz (↖), Coatzacoalcos (→), Tehuantepec (↘), Mixes (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,495 km²

Population: 1,186,400 Catholics (74.1% of 1,601,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes

Personnel: 110 priests (108 diocesan, 2 religious), 17 deacons, 95 religious (16 brothers, 79 sisters), 25 seminarians