Archdiocese of Xalapa
The Archdiocese of Xalapa is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. Its episcopal see is Xalapa, Veracruz. A metropolitan see, its ecclesiastical province includes the suffragan dioceses of Coatzacoalcos, [Roman Catholic Diocese of Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba (Mexico)|Córdoba (Mexico)|Córdoba], Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan and Veracruz.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares
- José María Mora y Daza ; appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala
- José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares
- Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez
- St. Rafael Guízar Valencia
- Manuel Pío López Estrada
- Emilio Abascal y Salmerón
- Sergio Obeso Rivera ; elevated to Cardinal in 2018
- Hipólito Reyes Larios ; died in office
- Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong
Coadjutor bishop
- Sergio Obeso Rivera ; future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishop
- José Rafael Palma Capetillo
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo, appointed Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz in 1963
- Sergio Cardinal Obeso Rivera, appointed Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México in 1971; future Cardinal
History
- 19 March 1863: Erected as Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa even if the bull of erection is of 1844.
- 24 November 1922: Territory lost to Papantla.
- 29 June 1951: Elevated as Archdiocese of Veracruz-Jalapa.
- 23 May 1959: Territory lost to San Andrés Tuxtla.
- 9 June 1962: Archdiocese of Jalapa erected; territory lost to Veracruz.
- 15 April 2000: Territory lost to Córdoba.
- 15 April 2000: Territory lost to Orizaba.