Roman Catholic Diocese of Veracruz

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 (that was founded in 1844 as "Diocese of Veracruz").

Diocese of Veracruz Dioecesis Verae Crucis Diócesis de Veracruz
Catedral de la Asunción de María
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Jalapa
Statistics
Area	3,476 sq mi (9,000 km2)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 2,105,000 1,894,000 (90%)
Parishes	72
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9 June 1962 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hipólito Reyes Larios
Bishops emeritus	Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B.
Website
diocesisdeveracruz.mx

Bishops

Ordinaries

• José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano (1963–2000)
• Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez (2000–2005)
• Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. (2006-2018)
• Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (2018- )

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Rutilo Muñoz Zamora, appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz in 2002

Episcopal See

• Veracruz, Veracruz

External links and references

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