Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche
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Diocese of Campeche Dioecesis Campecorensis Diócesis de Campeche | |
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 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Yucatán |
| Metropolitan | Campeche, Campeche |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 21,575 sq mi (55,880 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 760,000 608,000 (80%) |
| Parishes | 35 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 24 March 1895 (129 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Francisco González González |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gustavo Rodríguez Vega |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche (Latin: Dioecesis Campecorensis) (erected 24 March 1895) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Yucatán.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1895 - 1898), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
- Rómulo Betancourt y Torres (1900 - 1901)
- Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera (1904 - 1909), appointed Archbishop of Durango
- Jaime de Anasagasti y Llamas (1909 - 1910)
- Vicente Castellanos y Núñez (1912 - 1921), appointed Bishop of Tulancingo, Hidalgo
- Francisco María González y Arias (1922 - 1931), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
- Luis Guízar y Barragán (1931 - 1938), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
- Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla (1939 - 1967)
- José de Jesús Garcia Ayala (1967 - 1982)
- Héctor González Martínez (1982 - 1988), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
- Carlos Suárez Cázares (1988 - 1994), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán
- José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (1995 - 2005), appointed Bishop of Colima
- Ramón Castro Castro (2006 - 2013), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
- José Francisco González González (2013 - )
Auxiliary bishop
[edit]- José de Jesús Garcia Ayala (1963-1967), appointed Bishop here
Episcopal See
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