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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico

The Diocese of Tampico (Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected 12 March 1870 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed 25 February 1958.

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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)
  • José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1919–1923), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
  • Serafín María Armora y González (1923–1955)
  • Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1956–1967), appointed Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca; future Cardinal
  • Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1968–1987), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
  • Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. (1987–2003)
  • José Luis Dibildox Martínez (2003–2018)
  • José Armando Álvarez Cano (2019–present)

Auxiliary bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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

Territorial losses

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Episcopal See

See also

  • "Diocese of Tampico". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
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