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Suffragan diocese Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Diocese of Tampico

Tampicen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Tampico is a Latin rite see in Tamaulipas, Mexico, founded in 1861 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed Tampico in 1958. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey, with Bishop Margarito Salazar Cardenas appointed in February 2026.

On the map

Esri
Aldama, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1861
Catholics
1,150,000
Priests
132
Territory
22,678 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Margarito Salazar Cárdenas
Born
22 February 1958
Birthplace
Matamoros

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The cathedral

Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion stands in Aldama, 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 Mexico, the Diocese of Tampico (Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) belongs to the Latin Church and sits within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan see. Its origins go back to 12 March 1870, when it was erected as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas; the present name dates from 25 February 1958. The original seat later became the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria in 1964.