Roman Catholic Diocese of Veracruz

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Diocese of Veracruz

Dioecesis Verae Crucis

Diócesis de Veracruz
5601-Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion-Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico-Enrique Carpio Fotografo-EDSC07115.jpg
Catedral de la Asunción de María
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Jalapa
Statistics
Area3,476 sq mi (9,000 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
2,105,000
1,894,000 (90%)
Parishes72
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established9 June 1962 (59 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Current leadership
Pope Francis
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

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.

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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