Diocese of Ciudad Valles
| Diocese of Ciudad Valles | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí |
| Diocesan bishop | Roberto Yenny García |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta MJ |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 14,599 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 795.736 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 708.205 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 89% |
| Diocesan priest | 76 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,869 |
| Friars | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 118 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdeciudadvalles.org.mx/ |
The diocese of Ciudad Valles ( lat. : Dioecesis Vallipolitana , span. : Diócesis de Ciudad Valles ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciudad Valles .
history
The Diocese of Ciudad Valles was founded on November 27, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Cum rectus rerum from cedings of the dioceses of Huejutla and San Luis Potosí and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan . On 28 May 1997, the diocese was part of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicum officium erected Diocese of Matehuala from.
The Diocese of Ciudad Valles was founded on November 25, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Mexicani populi .
Bishops of Ciudad Valles
- Carlos Quintero Arce , 1961–1966, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo
- Alfonso Reyes Ramos , 1966-1969
- José Melgoza Osorio , 1970–1979, then Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl
- Juvencio González Álvarez , 1980-1994
- José Guadalupe Galván Galindo , 1994–2000, then Bishop of Torreón
- Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta MJ , 2002-2020
- Roberto Yenny García , since 2020
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum rectus rerum , AAS 53 (1961), n.9, p. 478ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Apostolicum officium , AAS 89 (1997), n.9, p. 602ff.
- ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Mexicani populi , AAS 99 (2007), n.2, p. 57ff.