Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico

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 (101 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vacant
Bishops emeritus	Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín
Map

Website
www.diocesisdepapantla.org.mx

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-