Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa-Enríquez.
Xalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In the 2005 census the city reported a population of 387,879 and the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat reported a population of 413,136. The municipality has an area of 118.45 km2. Xalapa lies near the geographic center of the state and is the second-largest city in the state after the city of Veracruz to the southeast.
Huatusco de Chicuellar, is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, on the Xalapa–Mexico City railroad that was founded by Italian immigrants. It is bordered by Calcahualco, the state of Puebla, Ixhuatlán del Café and Federal Highway 180.
Orizaba is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located 20 km west of its sister city Córdoba, and is adjacent to Río Blanco and Ixtaczoquitlán, on Federal Highways 180 and 190. The city had a 2005 census population of 117,273 and is almost coextensive with its small municipality, with only a few small areas outside the city. The municipality's population was 117,289 and it has an area of 27.97 km2.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico is a metropolitan diocese of the Catholic Church that is situated in Mexico City, Mexico. It was erected as a diocese on 2 September, 1530 and elevated to an archdiocese on February 12, 1546. The archdiocese is one of the largest in the world, with over 4 million Catholics, surpassed only by Guadalajara, São Paulo and Milan.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico, based in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan and Veracruz.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla 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.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuxpan is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Jalapa.
Universidad Veracruzana is a public autonomous university located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Established in 1944, the university is one of the most important in the southeast region of México. Its academic organization is a structure based on academic areas, schools, education programs and research institutes. Due to geographic dispersing, academic activities are coordinated by the Academic Secretariat and four Vice-Rector's Offices. General Directions of the academic areas: Arts, Biology and Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, Liberal Arts and Technical coordinate as well each school and educational programs. The Department of Research coordinates the plans and activities of the research institutes, and the Direction of Art Dissemination operates the artistic groups and the cultural activities programs.
Ixhuatlancillo is in the central zone of the state of Veracruz, Mexico, about 165 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 39.48 km2 and is located at 18°54′N97°09′W.
Mariano Escobedo Municipality is a municipality in Veracruz, Mexico. It is located in central zone of the State of Veracruz, about 127 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 103.64 km2. It is located at 18°55′N97°08′W.
Events in the year 1977 in Mexico.
The St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral Also Orizaba Cathedral Is the main Catholic temple of the city of Orizaba in the state of Veracruz and of the Diocese of Orizaba in Mexico.
José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares was a Mexican clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa. He was ordained in 1856. He was appointed bishop in 1887. He died in 1894.
Hipólito Reyes Larios was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. Reyes served as the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba in Veracruz from 2000 until 2007. He was then appointed Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Xalapa, based in the capital city of Veracruz, from 2007 until his death on August 8, 2021.
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