Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco (Latin: Dioecesis Tabasquensis) (erected 25 May 1880) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Yucatán.

Diocese of Tabasco Dioecesis Tabasquensis Diócesis de Tabasco
Catedral del Señor
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Yucatán
Metropolitan	Villahermosa, Tabasco
Statistics
Area	9,759 sq mi (25,280 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 2,023,000 1,482,000 (73.3%)
Parishes	63
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 May 1880 (144 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Lord
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López
Metropolitan Archbishop	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán
Map
Website
www.diocesistabasco.org.mx

Ordinaries

• Agustín de Jesús Torres y Hernandez, C.M. (1881 - 1885)
• Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. (1886 - 1896)
• Francisco Maria Campos y Angeles (1897 - 1907)
• Leonardo Castellanos y Castellanos (1908 - 1912)
• Antonio Hernández y Rodríguez (1912 - 1922)
• Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J. (1922 - 1929)
• Vicente Camacho y Moya (1930 - 1943)
• José de Jesús Angulo del Valle y Navarro (1945 - 1966)
• Antonio Hernández Gallegos (1967 - 1973)
• Rafael Garcia González (1974 - 1992)
• Florencio Olvera Ochoa (1992 - 2002)
• Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (2003 - 2010)
• Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (2010 - )

Episcopal See

• Villahermosa, Tabasco

External links and references

• "Diocese of Tabasco". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2015-11-12.