Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala
Appearance
Diocese of Matehuala Dioecesis Matehualensis Diócesis de Matehuala | |
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Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción | |
Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Luis Potosí |
Metropolitan | Matehuala |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,394 sq mi (26,920 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 249,692 213,812 (85.6%) |
Parishes | 17 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 May 1997 (27 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Margarito Salazar Cárdenas |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Carlos Cabrero Romero |
Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala (Latin: Dioecesis Matehualensis) (erected 28 May 1997) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí.
Ordinaries
- Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (1997-2006), appointed, Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla
- Lucas Martínez Lara (2006-2016)
- Margarito Salazar Cárdenas (2018-)
Episcopal See
See also
External links and references
- "Diocese of Matehuala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
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