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Suffragan diocese Veracruz, Mexico

Diocese of Veracruz

Verae Crucis

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese seated in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico, erected on 9 June 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Xalapa and its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, in Veracruz, Mexico.

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Established
1962
Catholics
1,894,000
Priests
145
Territory
9,003 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Carlos Briseno Arch, O.A.R.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary stands in Veracruz, 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

Erected on 9 June 1962, the Diocese of Veracruz (Latin: Dioecesis Verae Crucis) serves the Catholic Church in Mexico as a Latin Church diocese. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa, a see that itself began in 1844 under the name Diocese of Veracruz.