Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

*Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla*

Diócesis de San Andrés Tuxtla
Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla; Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla; Diócesis de San Andrés Tuxtla
	Catedral de San José y San Andrés
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Jalapa
Metropolitan	San Andrés Tuxtla
Statistics
Area	5,212 sq mi (13,500 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 1,085,000; 1,010,000 (93.1%)
Parishes	56
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 May 1959 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Joseph and St. Andrew
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Luis Canto Sosa
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vacant
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla) (erected 23 May 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. In 1962, it lost territory to form the Archdiocese of Jalapa and the Diocese of Veracruz. It also lost territory in 1984 with the formation of the Diocese of Coatzacoalcos.

Bishops

Jesús Villareal y Fierro (1959-1965)
Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1965-1968), appointed Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas
Guillermo Ranzahuer González (1969-2004)
José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz (2004-2014), appointed Bishop of Papantla, Puebla
Fidencio López Plaza (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Querétaro, Querétaro.
José Luis Canto Sosa (2021-present)

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