Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Papantla, Diocese of

PAPANTLA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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PAPANTLA, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Mexico, suffragan of the archdiocese of Vera Cruz.

It has an area of 19,559 sq km with a population of 280,000 inhabitants, of whom 225,000 are Catholics, distributed in 22 parishes served by 32 diocesan priests; it has 9 communities of religious women (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 310).

The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Orbis catholici of 24 Nov. 1922, by dismemberment from the archdiocese of Vera Cruz.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: AAS, 15 (1923), pp. 329-32; Enc. Eur. Am., XLI, p. 1009.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 779.

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Josi, Enrico. “Papantla, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 779. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/papantla-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Papantla, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 779. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/papantla-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Papantla, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {779},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/papantla-diocesi-di}
}

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