The Diocese of Veracruz (Latin: Dioecesis Verae Crucis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It was erected 9 June 1962. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa (that was founded in 1844 as "Diocese of Veracruz").
Bishops
Ordinaries
- José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano (1963–2000)
- Luis Gabriel Cuara Méndez (2000–2005)
- Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. (2006-2018)
- Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (2018- )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Rutilo Muñoz Zamora, appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz in 2002
Episcopal See
- Veracruz, Veracruz
External links and references
- "Diocese of Veracruz". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.