Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche

Diocese of Campeche
Dioecesis Campecorensis
Diócesis de Campeche
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
Location
Country  Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Yucatán
Metropolitan Campeche, Campeche
Statistics
Area 21,575 sq mi (55,880 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
760,000
608,000 (80%)
Parishes 35
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 24 March 1895 (123 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Ramón Castro Castro
Metropolitan Archbishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche (Latin: Dioecesis Campecorensis) (erected 24 March 1895) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Yucatán.

Ordinaries

  • Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette (1895 - 1898)
  • Rómulo Betancourt y Torres (1900 - 1901)
  • Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera (1904 - 1909)
  • Jaime de Anasagasti y Llamas (1909 - 1910)
  • Vicente Castellanos y Núñez (1912 - 1921)
  • Francisco María González y Arias (1922 - 1931)
  • Luis Guízar y Barragán (1931 - 1938)
  • Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla (1939 - 1967)
  • José de Jesús Garcia Ayala (1967 - 1982)
  • Héctor González Martínez (1982 - 1988)
  • Carlos Suárez Cázares (1988 - 1994)
  • José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (1995 - 2005)
  • Ramón Castro Castro (2006 - )

Episcopal See

References

  • "Diocese of Campeche". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.

Coordinates: 19°50′46″N 90°32′10″W / 19.8461°N 90.5362°W / 19.8461; -90.5362

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