Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

Diocese of Papantla
Diocese of Papantla; Dioecesis Papantlensis; Diócesis de Papantla
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Jalapa
Metropolitan	Teziutlán, Puebla (In 1901, the see was changed to Teziutlán, in Eastern Puebla, near to the border with Veracruz)
Statistics
Area	4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004); 1,799,648; 1,380,738 (76.6%)
Parishes	50
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 November 1922 (98 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Hipólito Reyes Larios
Bishops emeritus	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín
Map
Website
	www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla (Latin: Dioecesis Papantlensis) (erected 24 November 1922 and based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa. Along with the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, it lost territory in 1962 to form the Diocese of Tuxpan.

Bishops

Nicolás Corona y Corona (1922–1950)
Luis Cabrera Cruz (1950–1958), appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco (1959–1970)
Sergio Obeso Rivera (1971–1974), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz; future Cardinal
Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (1974–1980)
Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín (1980–2012)
Jorge Carlos Patron Wong (2012–2013); formerly served as Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Aregullín; named Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on September 21, 2013[1] and became an archbishop
José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz (2014-

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