Diocese of Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Agua Dulce, Veracruz, Mexico
The Diocese of Coatzacoalcos is a Latin Church diocese in Veracruz, Mexico, erected on March 14, 1984, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jalapa. Bishop Rutilo Muñoz Zamora submitted his resignation on turning 75 in June 2025 but remained the sitting ordinary as of late 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 March 1984
- Latin
- Coatzacoalsen(sis)
- Patron
- san José
- Annuario code
- 001001184
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 795,419
- Population
- 988,553
- Catholic share
- 80.5%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 10,896
- Extent
- 10,502 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 76
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Rutilo Muñoz Zamora
- Born
- 4 June 1951
- Birthplace
- Tulictic
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph stands in Agua Dulce, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Jalapa (Xalapa)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa).
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 14 March 1984, the Diocese of Coatzacoalcos (Latin: Dioecesis Coatzacoalsensis) stands as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jalapa.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].