Diocese of Tabasco
Tabasquen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tabasco, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, erected on 25 May 1880. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan and its seat is the Catedral del Senor (Cathedral of the Lord).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1880
- Latin
- Tabasquen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003144
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,482,000
- Population
- 2,023,000
- Catholic share
- 73.3%
- Priests
- 195
- Catholics per priest
- 7,600
- Extent
- 25,276 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 59
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
- Gerardo de Jesus Rojas Lopez
- Born
- 13 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Teocaltiche
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 the Lord stands in Tabasco, 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 CampecheCampeche
- Diocese of Cancún-ChetumalCancún-Chetumal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 25 May 1880, the Diocese of Tabasco (Latin: Dioecesis Tabasquensis) belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Yucatán as a suffragan see.
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].