Diocese of Tampico
Tampicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1861
- Latin
- Tampicen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculada Concepción
- Annuario code
- 001003162
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,150,000
- Population
- 1,234,000
- Catholic share
- 93.2%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 8,712
- Extent
- 22,678 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
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
- Margarito Salazar Cárdenas
- Born
- 22 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Matamoros
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
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.
The province of Monterrey
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Monterrey.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MonterreyMonterrey
- Diocese of Ciudad VictoriaCiudad Victoria
- Diocese of LinaresLinares
- Diocese of Matamoros–ReynosaAlfredo V. Bonfil
- Diocese of Nuevo LaredoCiudad Guerrero
- Diocese of Piedras NegrasAcuña
- Diocese of SaltilloArteaga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].