The Diocese of Tampico ( la, Dioecesis Tampicensis) is a

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It is a suffragan in the

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of the metropolitan

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. It was erected 12 March 1870 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed 25 February 1958.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y González, O.F.M. (1861–1869) * Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1871–1879), appointed Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León * Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho (1880–1896) * Filemón Fierro y Terán (1897–1905) * José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez (1909–1914) *

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(1919–1923), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero * Serafín María Armora y González (1923–1955) *

Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (June 29, 1919 – April 10, 2008) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Mexico in Mexico City (1977–1994) and was Primate of Mexico. In the consistory of June 30, 1979 in Vatican City P ...

(1956–1967), appointed Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca; future Cardinal * Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1968–1987), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí *

Rafael Gallardo García Rafael Gallardo García (28 October 1927 – 30 January 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Gallardo García was born in Yuriria and ordained to the priesthood in 1950. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares, Mexi ...

, O.S.A. (1987–2003) * José Luis Dibildox Martínez (2003–2018) * José Armando Álvarez Cano (2019–present)

Auxiliary bishop

(1952-1956), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Roberto Yenny García, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí In 2020

Territorial losses

Episcopal See

Tampico, Tamaulipas Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fift ...

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Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

Tamaulipas Tampico, Roman Catholic Diocese of

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