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The Archdiocese of Xalapa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ialapensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. Its episcopal see is Xalapa, Veracruz. A metropolitan see, its ecclesiastical province includes the suffragan dioceses of Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan and Veracruz.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares (1863–1869)
• José María Mora y Daza (1870–1884); appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
• José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares (1887–1894)
• Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez (1895–1919)
• St. Rafael Guízar Valencia (1919–1938)
• Manuel Pío López Estrada (1939–1968)
• Emilio Abascal y Salmerón (1968–1979)
• Sergio Obeso Rivera (1979–2007); elevated to Cardinal in 2018
• Hipólito Reyes Larios (2007–2021); died in office^[1]
• Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (2021–present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Sergio Obeso Rivera (1974–1979); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishop

• José Rafael Palma Capetillo (2016–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo, appointed Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz in 1963
• Sergio Cardinal Obeso Rivera, appointed Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México in 1971; future Cardinal

History

• 19 March 1863: Erected as Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (from Antequera-Oaxaca and Tlaxcala).
• 24 November 1922: Territory lost to Papantla.
• 29 June 1951: Elevated as Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa.
• 23 May 1959: Territory lost to San Andrés Tuxtla.
• 9 June 1962: Archdiocese of Jalapa erected; territory lost to Veracruz.
• 15 April 2000: Territory lost to Córdoba.
• 15 April 2000: Territory lost to Orizaba.

See also

• Xalapa Cathedral ‎
• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México

References

External links

• "Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

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