Suffragan diocese Tapachula, Mexico
Diocese of Tapachula
Tapacolen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese seated in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, erected on 19 June 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez and its seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
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- Established
- 1957
- Catholics
- 1,498,000
- Priests
- 114
- Territory
- 12,248 km²
Parishes and churches
50 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia de San Juan Pablo IIAmatenango de la FronteraView parish
- Parroquia de San Marcos EvangelistaAcacoyaguaView parish
- Parroquia de San Miguel ArcángelTuzantánView parish
- Parroquia de San Pedro ApóstolMapastepecView parish
- Parroquia de San Pedro ApóstolBellavistaView parish
- Parroquia de San Pedro ApóstolHuehuetánView parish
- Parroquia de San Pedro ApóstolTres PicosView parish
- Parroquia de San Sebastián MártirTapachulaView parish
- Parroquia de Santiago ApóstolPijijiapanView parish
- Parroquia de Santo Domingo de GuzmánEscuintlaView parish
- Parroquia de Santo Domingo de GuzmánSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia de “San Joaquín y Santa Ana”TonaláView parish
- Parroquia del Apóstol SantiagoCacahoatánView parish
- Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón de JesúsSesecapaView parish
- Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón de JesúsArriagaView parish
- Parroquia del Señor de EsquipulasTapachulaView parish
- Parroquia del Señor de Esquipulas y de Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeTapachulaView parish
- Parroquia del Señor de las Tres CaídasEl TriunfoView parish
- Parroquia del Señor de las Tres CaídasEl PorvenirView parish
- Parroquia “Virgen de los Pobres”TapachulaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Manuel Lopez Alfaro
- Born
- 21 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Ciudad de México
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph stands in Tapachula, 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
In Tapachula, Chiapas, the Catedral de San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, serves as the seat of the Diocese of Tapachula (Latin: Dioecesis Tapacolensis), a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Its bishop is Jaime Calderón Calderón.