Diocese of Veracruz
Verae Crucis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Veracruz, Mexico
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 June 1962
- Latin
- Verae Crucis
- Patron
- • Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, • san José
- Annuario code
- 001000086
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,894,000
- Population
- 2,105,000
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 145
- Catholics per priest
- 13,062
- Extent
- 9,003 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 210
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
- Carlos Briseno Arch, O.A.R.
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 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.
The province of Xalapa
A suffragan of Xalapa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JalapaJalapa
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of OrizabaOrizaba
- Diocese of PapantlaPapantla
- Diocese of San Andrés TuxtlaAbasolo del Valle
- Diocese of TuxpanTuxpan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].