Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico
The Diocese of Tampico is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected 12 March 1870 as the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and renamed 25 February 1958. The original seat became the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria in 1964.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Francisco de la Concepción Ramírez y González, O.F.M.
- Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón, appointed Bishop of Linares o Nueva León, Nuevo León
- Giuseppe Ignazio Eduardo Sánchez Camacho
- Filemón Fierro y Terán
- José de Jesús Guzmán y Sánchez
- José Guadalupe Ortíz y López, appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
- Serafín María Armora y González
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, appointed Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca; future Cardinal
- Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez, appointed Bishop of San Luis Potosí
- Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A.
- José Luis Dibildox Martínez
- José Armando Álvarez Cano
Auxiliary bishop
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Roberto Yenny García, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí In 2020