Archdiocese of Xalapa Archidioecesis Ialapensis Arquidiócesis de Xalapa
Catedral Metropolitana de la Immaculada Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Xalapa
Statistics
Area	2,370 sq mi (6,100 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,156,000 1,105,000 (95.6%)
Parishes	71
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	19 March 1863 (161 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop elect	Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong
Auxiliary Bishops	José Rafael Palma Capetillo
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesisdexalapa.com

The Archdiocese of Xalapa (Latin: Archidioecesis Ialapensis) 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, Córdoba, Orizaba, Papantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Tuxpan and Veracruz.

• Francisco de Paula Suárez Peredo y Bezares (1863–1869)
• José María Mora y Daza (1870–1884); appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
• José Ignacio Suárez Peredo y Bezares (1887–1894)
• Joaquín Acadio Pagaza y Ordóñez (1895–1919)
• St. Rafael Guízar Valencia (1919–1938)
• Manuel Pío López Estrada (1939–1968)
• Emilio Abascal y Salmerón (1968–1979)
• Sergio Obeso Rivera (1979–2007); elevated to Cardinal in 2018
• Hipólito Reyes Larios (2007–2021); died in office^[1]
• Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (2021–present)

• Sergio Obeso Rivera (1974–1979); future Cardinal

• José Rafael Palma Capetillo (2016–present)

• Ignacio Lehonor Arroyo, appointed Bishop of Tuxpan, Veracruz in 1963
• Sergio Cardinal Obeso Rivera, appointed Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México in 1971; future Cardinal

• 19 March 1863: Erected as Diocese of Veracruz-Jalapa (from Antequera-Oaxaca and Tlaxcala).
• 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.

• Xalapa Cathedral ‎
• List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México

• "Archdiocese of Jalapa (Xalapa)". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

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