Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campeche (Latin: Dioecesis Campecorensis) (erected 24 March 1895) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Yucatán.

Diocese of Campeche Dioecesis Campecorensis Diócesis de Campeche
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

Bishops

Ordinaries

• 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

• José de Jesús Garcia Ayala (1963-1967), appointed Bishop here

Episcopal See

• Campeche, Campeche

References

• "Diocese of Campeche". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-10.