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Diocese of Tampico

Dioecesis Tampicensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 25 February 1958
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Monterrey
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Tamaulipas
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 22,671 (8,756 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Noreste
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdetampico.com.mx/
  • Mailing Address: Calle Altamira 116 Oriente, 89000 Tampico, Tamps., México
  • Telephone: (833)212-28-10
  • Fax: 212-67-81

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas
13 August 1861ErectedDiocese of Linares o Nueva León Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas (erected)
Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas
12 March 1870ErectedArchdiocese of México
Diocese of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas
Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas (erected)
24 November 1922Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas (Tantoyuca and Tempoal)
Diocese of San Luis Potosí (Tamazuncdle, San Martin Ghalchicuantla, and Jilitla)
Diocese of Tulancingo (Huejutla, Platon Sánchez, San Felipe Orizatlan, Goacuilco, Yahualica, Huatzalingo, Tlanchinol, Pisaflores, Chapulhuacan, Tepehuacan, Ganali, Zolotla, Xochicoatlan, Huatla, Chicoutepec, Xochiatipan, Ylamatlan, Zontecomatlan, Ixhuatlan, Metlaltoyuca, ...)
Diocese of Huejutla (erected)
16 February 1958Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas (Nueva Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Reynosa, Méndez, Matamoros, Valle Hermosa, San Fernando, Cruillas, San Nicolás, and Burgos) Diocese of Matamoros (erected)
Diocese of Tampico
25 February 1958Name ChangedDiocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas Diocese of Tampico
9 June 1962Territory LostDiocese of Huejutla (Benito Juárez, Chalma, Chiconamel, Chicontepec, Ilamatlán, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Plantón Sánchez, Tantoyuca, Tempoal, and Zontecomatlán)
Diocese of Papantla (Tuxpan, Amatlán, Citlaltepec, Chinampa de Gorostiza, Chontla, Ixcatepec, Ozuluama, Tamalin, Tamiahua, Tancoco, Tantima, Teayo, Temapache, Tepetzintla, and Tihuatlán)
Diocese of Tulancingo (Huayacocotla, Texcatepec, Tlachichilco, and Zacualpan)
Diocese of Tampico (Panuco, Pueblo Viejo, and Tampico Alto)
Diocese of Tuxpan (erected)
21 December 1964Territory LostDiocese of Matamoros
Diocese of Tampico
Diocese of Ciudad Victoria (erected)
25 January 1972Territory LostDiocese of Tampico (Soto la Marina) Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas
1950460,000490,00093.9%665716,478511529ap1951
Diocese of Tampico
1966349,830388,74590.0%4315586,0311514819ap1967
1970380,000400,00095.0%4314576,6661414026ap1971
1976526,156555,97794.6%4816648,2212012430ap1977
1980545,000638,00085.4%4718658,3842210035ap1981
1990778,000830,00093.7%6316799,8481813047ap1991
19991,016,6101,081,50094.0%93171109,2412516553ap2000
20001,108,0001,181,20093.8%941210610,4522016654ap2001
20011,116,6101,181,20094.5%100141149,7942116458ap2002
20021,110,6201,183,64093.8%971411110,0052015858ap2003
20031,111,0801,183,84093.9%105141199,3361915861ap2004
20041,111,6451,193,84093.1%961310910,1982014562ap2005
20101,150,0001,234,00093.2%103221259,2002412864ap2011
20131,178,0001,265,00093.1%123141378,5981667ap2014*
20141,278,000.0%1151713201811468ap2015*
20151,203,0001,292,00093.1%110171279,4721811468ap2016
2017906,140972,80093.1%114161306,9701810868ap2018
2020900,635966,87793.1%114181326,8223011268ap2021
2022944,0001,014,00093.1%115211366,941489272ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 166
  • Diocese of Tampico
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 385
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