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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico

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Diocese of Tampico

Dioecesis Tampicensis

Diócesis de Tampico
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceMonterrey
Statistics
Area8,756 sq mi (22,680 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,234,000
1,150,000 (93.2%)
Parishes64
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 August 1861 (163 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Armando Álvarez Cano
Metropolitan ArchbishopRogelio Cabrera López
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The Diocese of Tampico (Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected 12 March 1870 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed 25 February 1958.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Auxiliary bishop

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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Territorial losses

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Year Along with To form
1922 Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa Diocese of Papantla
1958 Diocese of Matamoros
1962 Diocese of Huejutla
Diocese of Papantla
Diocese of Tulancingo
Diocese of Tuxpan
1964 Diocese of Matamoros Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Episcopal See

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See also

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  • "Diocese of Tampico". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.