Diocese of Campeche
Campecoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Campeche, Mexico
Latin-rite diocese on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, erected on 24 March 1895 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Campeche; Bishop Jose Alberto Gonzalez Juarez was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 11 February 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 March 1895
- Latin
- Campecoren(sis)
- Patron
- Cristo Negro Señor de San Román y Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Annuario code
- 001001033
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 608,000
- Population
- 760,000
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 143
- Catholics per priest
- 4,252
- Extent
- 55,879 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Jose Alberto Gonzalez Juarez
- Born
- 19 December 1967
- Birthplace
- El Parral
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 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Campeche stands in Campeche, 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 Yucatan
A suffragan of Yucatan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cancún-ChetumalCancún-Chetumal
- Diocese of TabascoTabasco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese in Mexico, Campeche (Latin: Dioecesis Campecorensis) was erected on 24 March 1895 and belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Yucatán as one of its suffragans.
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].