Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico

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. The original seat became the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria in 1964.

Diocese of Tampico Dioecesis Tampicensis Diócesis de Tampico
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Monterrey
Statistics
Area	8,756 sq mi (22,680 km2)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,234,000 1,150,000 (93.2%)
Parishes	64
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 August 1861 (164 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	José Armando Álvarez Cano
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rogelio Cabrera López
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Bishops

Ordinaries

• Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y González, O.F.M. (1861–1869)
• Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1871–1879), appointed Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León
• Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho (1880–1896)
• Filemón Fierro y Terán (1897–1905)
• José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez (1909–1914)
• José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1919–1923), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
• Serafín María Armora y González (1923–1955)
• Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1956–1967), appointed Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca; future Cardinal
• Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1968–1987), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
• Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. (1987–2003)
• José Luis Dibildox Martínez (2003–2018)
• José Armando Álvarez Cano (2019–present)

Auxiliary bishop

• Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1952-1956), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Roberto Yenny García, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí In 2020

Territorial losses

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

• Tampico, Tamaulipas

See also

• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Tampico

External links and references

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