Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche

The Diocese of Campeche (Latin: Dioecesis Campecorensis, Spanish: diócesis de Campeche ) is a location in Mexico Roman Catholic diocese based in Campeche.

History

The Diocese of Campeche was on 24 March 1895 by Pope Leo XIII. nostrorum built with the Apostolic Constitution Praedecessorum out of territory of the Diocese of Yucatán. It was the Archdiocese of Yucatán is a suffragan. Campeche is the starting point of the Christianization of the American mainland in the 16th century. Where the first Christian service was held in the Americas on March 23, 1516 what today commemorated by a stone slab in front of the church of San Francisco.

Bishops of Campeche

  • Francisco plan Carte y Navarrette, 1895-1898, then bishop of Cuernavaca
  • Rómulo Betancourt y Torres, 1900-1901
  • Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera, 1904-1909, then Archbishop of Durango
  • Jaime de Anasagasti y Llamas, 1909-1910
  • Vicente Castellanos y Núñez, 1912-1921, then Bishop of Tulancingo
  • Francisco María González y Arias, 1922-1931, then bishop of Cuernavaca
  • Luis Barragán Guízar y, 1931-1938, then Coadjutor Bishop of Saltillo
  • Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla, 1939-1967
  • José de Jesús García Ayala, 1967-1982
  • Héctor González Martínez, 1982-1988, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Antequera
  • Carlos Suárez Cázares, 1988-1994, then bishop of Zamora
  • José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, 1995-2005, then Bishop of Colima
  • Ramón Castro Castro, 2006-2013
  • José Francisco González González, Since 2013
Friar Campeche, Campeche Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tulancingo Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima
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