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Roman Catholic Diocese of Veracruz

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Diocese of Veracruz

Dioecesis Verae Crucis

Diócesis de Veracruz
Catedral de la Asunción de María
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Jalapa
Statistics
Area3,476 sq mi (9,000 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
2,105,000
1,894,000 (90%)
Parishes72
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 June 1962 (62 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCarlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.
Metropolitan ArchbishopHipólito Reyes Larios
Bishops emeritusLuis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B.
Website
diocesisdeveracruz.mx

The Diocese of Veracruz (Latin: Dioecesis Verae Crucis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It was erected 9 June 1962. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa.

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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Episcopal See

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  • "Diocese of Veracruz". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.