Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla

Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla
Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla
Diócesis de San Andrés Tuxtla

Catedral de San José y San Andrés
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Jalapa
Metropolitan San Andrés Tuxtla
Statistics
Area 5,212 sq mi (13,500 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,085,000
1,010,000 (93.1%)
Parishes 56
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 23 May 1959 (55 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph and St. Andrew
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Metropolitan Archbishop Hipólito Reyes Larios

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Andrés Tuxtla (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Andreae de Tuxtla) (erected 23 May 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. In 1962, it lost territory to form the Archdiocese of Jalapa and the Diocese of Veracruz. It also lost territory in 1984 with the formation of the Diocese of Coatzacoalcos.

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