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Metropolitan see Jalapa, Mexico

Archdiocese of Jalapa

Ialapen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, erected as a diocese on 19 March 1863 and elevated to an archdiocese on 29 June 1951. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Xalapa. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Xalapa.

On the map

Esri
Jalapa, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1863
Catholics
1,105,000
Priests
166
Territory
6,138 km²

Parishes and churches

108 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jorge Carlos Patron Wong
Born
3 January 1958
Birthplace
Mérida

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Jalapa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

With its episcopal see at Xalapa, Veracruz, the Archdiocese of Xalapa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ialapensis) is a metropolitan see of the Latin Church in Mexico. Its ecclesiastical province gathers seven suffragan dioceses: Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan and Veracruz.

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  • Former Vatican official transferred to huge Mexican archdiocese (Vatican Press Office)

    Pope Leo XIV has transferred Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong from the Archdiocese of Jalapa to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles in Mexico. The 68-year-old archbishop previously served as the head of the Archdiocese of Jalapa, which had 1,466,000 Catholics according to 2024 figures from the Annuario Pontificio. He now moves to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, which has 3,127,000 Catholics. While this archdiocese is smaller than the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, it is larger than any other diocese in the United States. Patrón Wong previously served as the secretary for seminaries in the Dicastery of the Clergy, a position he was named to by Pope Francis in 2013. He was also the bishop of Papantla before being named archbishop of Jalapa in 2021.

    Sep 22, 2026 · Vatican

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