Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

Diocese of Papantla Dioecesis Papantlensis Diócesis de Papantla
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Jalapa
Metropolitan	Papantla, Veracruz
Statistics
Area	4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,799,648 1,380,738 (76.6%)
Parishes	50
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 November 1922 (95 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	sede vacante (vacant see); Bishop Jorge Carlos Patron Wong was named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hipólito Reyes Larios
Emeritus Bishops	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín
Map
Website
www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla (Latin: Dioecesis Papantlensis) (erected 24 November 1922 and based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. Along with the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, it lost territory in 1962 to form the Diocese of Tuxpan.

Ordinaries

• Nicolás Corona y Corona (1922–1950)
• Luis Cabrera Cruz (1950–1958)
• Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco (1959–1970)
• Sergio Obeso Rivera (1971–1974)
• Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (1974–1980)
• Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín (1980–2012 )
• Jorge Carlos Patron Wong (2012–2013); formerly served as Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Aregullín; named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013^[1]

External links and references

• "Diocese of Papantla". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.