The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tapachula ( la, Dioecesis Tapacolensis) is a

Latin rite Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once ...

suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuxtla ( la, Archidioecesis Tuxtlensis) is a Metropolitan Diocese, Metropolitan Archdiocese based in Tuxtla, Chiapas, Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Roman Catholic Dioce ...

. It

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

Episcopal see is the Catedral de San José, dedicated to

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

, in

Tapachula, Chiapas Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez, simply known as Tapachula, is a city and municipality located in the far southeast of the state of Chiapas in Mexico, near the Guatemalan border and the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most important cities of ...

. Its bishop is Jaime Calderón Calderón.

History

It was erected on 19 June 1957 as Diocese of Tapachula / Tapacolen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the Diocese of Chiapas and suffragan of the Metropolitan

Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca The Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca ( la, Archidioecesis Antequerensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The cathedral church is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in the epis ...

until 25 November 2006.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,488,000 Catholics (83.9% of 1,773,000 total) on 12,244 km² in 47 parishes and 11 missions with 101 priests (90 diocesan, 11 religious), 142 lay religious (11 brothers, 131 sisters) and 66 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all

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native Mexicans) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Tapachula'' * Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1958.01.13 – 1970.09.06), next Bishop of Zamora (in Mexico) (1970.09.06 – 1974.12.12),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Vicus Pacati (1974.12.12 – 2004.10.15) as Auxiliary Bishop of

Archdiocese of Guadalajara The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara ( la, Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km² (8,044 Square Miles). The di ...

(Mexico) (1974.12.12 – death 1997.03.20) *

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(1971.06.11 – 1976.06.11), previously Bishop of Huejutla (Mexico) (1963.08.19 – 1967.05.18), Titular Bishop of Claterna (1967.05.18 – 1971.06.11) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Mexico) (1967.05.18 – 1971.06.11); later Metropolitan Archbishop of above Antequera (1976.06.11 – retired 1993.10.04), died 1999 * Juvenal Porcayo Uribe (1976.07.03 – death 1983.06.30) * Luis Miguel Cantón Marín (1984.03.30 – death 1990.05.10) *

Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (born 1 May 1940) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas from 2000 to 2015. From 1991 to 2000 he was Bishop of Tapachula. Pope Francis raised him ...

(1991.02.07 – 2000.03.31), also Secretary General of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2000), next Bishop of

San Cristóbal de las Casas San Cristóbal de las Casas (), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (), is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was the capital of the state until 1892, and is still consid ...

(Mexico) (2000.03.31 – ...) *

Rogelio Cabrera López Rogelio Cabrera López (born 24 January 1951) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the archbishop of Monterrey since 2012. He has been a bishop since 1996. Biography Rogelio Cabrera López was born in Santa Catarina, Guanajua ...

(2001.07.16 – 2004.09.11), previously Bishop of

Tacámbaro Tacámbaro is a municipality located in the central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its largest city and municipal seat is Heroica Tacámbaro de Codallos. The city is located at . In the 2020 census, the city's population was 81,105. ...

(Mexico) (1996.04.30 – 2001.07.16); later last Suffragan Bishop of

Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Mexican southeastern state of Chiapas. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name, the most developed and populated in the state. A busy government, commercial and servi ...

(Mexico) (2004.09.11 – 2006.11.25), 'first' Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Mexico) (2006.11.25 – 2012.10.03), Metropolitan Archbishop of

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

(Mexico) (2012.10.03 – ...) *

Leopoldo González González Leopoldo González González (born October 31, 1950) is the current archbishop of Acapulco, Mexico. González was born on October 31, 1950, in Abasolo, Guanajuato, Mexico. He attended primary school in Abasolo. On January 1, 1964, shortly befor ...

(2005.06.09 – 2017.06.30), previously Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Morelia (Mexico) (1999.03.18 – 2005.06.09); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

Acapulco Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...

(Mexico) (2017.06.30 – ...) So far, it hasn't had any auxiliary bishop.

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* Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

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