Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico

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[edit]

### Ordinaries[edit]

* 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)

### Coadjutor bishop[edit]

* Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1960-1965)

## External links and references[edit]

* "Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.

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* Diocese of Culiacán
* Diocese of Nogales
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* Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla
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* St. Felipe de Jesús, Franciscan cleric
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* St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado
* St. José María Robles Hurtado
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* St. Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
* St. José Maria de Yermo y Parres
* St. Miguel Pro
* St. Anacleto González Flores
* St. José Sánchez del Río
* St. Rafael Guízar y Valencia

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* Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl

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Sisters|

* La Merced Cloister
* University of the Cloister of Sor Juana

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* Our Lady of Guadalupe
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