Diocese of Papantla

Diocese of Papantla

*Dioecesis Papantlensis*

Diócesis de Papantla
Diocese of Papantla; Dioecesis Papantlensis; Diócesis de Papantla
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Xalapa
Statistics
Area	4,635 sq mi (12,000 km2)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2004); 1,799,648; 1,380,738 (76.6%);
Parishes	50
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 November 1922 (102 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong
Bishops emeritus	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong
Map
Website
	www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx

Last updated November 12, 2025

The Diocese of Papantla (Latin : Dioecesis Papantlensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It was erected 24 November 1922 and based in the Mexican city of Papantla, Veracruz. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Xalapa. Along with the Dioceses of Huejutla, Tulancingo and Tampico, it lost territory in 1962 to form the Diocese of Tuxpan.

Bishops

Ordinaries

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-

Coadjutor bishop

Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (2009-2012)

Episcopal see

Teziutlán, Puebla: In 1901, the see was changed to Teziutlán, in Eastern Puebla, near to the border with Veracruz.

External links and references

"Diocese of Papantla". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.

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