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.
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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.
- Santa María de Guadalupe. Los Pescados91270 Los Pescados, Mpio. PeroteView parish
- Santa María de Guadalupe. TenochtitlánTown not recordedView parish
- Santa María de Guadalupe. Tlaltetela94020 TlaltetelaView parish
- Santa María de la Asunción. Jilotepec91380 JilotepecView parish
- Santa María Magdalena. Xico91240 XicoView parish
- Santa María. El Chico91638 El ChicoView parish
- Santa Rosa de Lima. OtatesOtatesView parish
- Santiago Apóstol91000 XalapaView parish
- Santiago Apóstol. Altotonga93700 AltotongaView parish
- Santiago Apóstol. Ayahualulco91260 AyahualulcoView parish
- Santiago Apóstol. Coacoatzintla91370 CoacoatzintlaView parish
- Santo Tomás Apóstol. ApazapanVilla Emiliano ZapataView parish
- Santos Reyes. Ixhuacán de los Reyes91250 Ixhuacán de los ReyesView parish
- Sgdo. Corazón de Jesús. Las Trancas91193 Las TrancasView parish
- Sta. María de Guadalupe Emperatriz de América91030 XalapaView parish
- Sta. María de Guadalupe. Plan de Arroyos93695 Plan de ArroyosView parish
- Templo Expiatorio91000 XalapaView parish
- Todos los Santos91157 XalapaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.
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