Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico

Diocese of Tampico Dioecesis Tampicensis Diócesis de Tampico
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Monterrey
Metropolitan	Tampico, Tamaulipas
Statistics
Area	8,756 sq mi (22,680 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,234,000 1,150,000 (93.2%)
Parishes	64
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 August 1861 (162 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Luis Dibildox Martínez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritus	Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico (Latin: Dioecesis Tampicensis) (erected 12 March 1870 as Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas, renamed 25 February 1958) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey.

Ordinaries

• Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y González, O.F.M. (1861–1869)
• Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1871–1879)
• Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho (1880–1896)
• Filemón Fierro y Terán (1897–1905)
• José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez (1909–1914)
• José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1919–1923)
• Serafín María Armora y González (1923–1955)
• Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1956–1967)
• Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1968–1987)
• Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. (1987–2003) – Bishop Emeritus
• José Luis Dibildox Martínez (2003– )

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1922	Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa	Diocese of Papantla
1958	–	Diocese of Matamoros
1962	Diocese of Huejutla Diocese of Papantla Diocese of Tulancingo	Diocese of Tuxpan
1964	Diocese of Matamoros	Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Episcopal See

• Tampico, Tamaulipas

External links and references

• "Diocese of Tampico". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.