Diocese of Ciudad Victoria
| Diocese of Ciudad Victoria | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Monterrey |
| Diocesan bishop | Antonio González Sánchez |
| Vicar General | Andrés Castro Quintanilla |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 39,720 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 480,200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 401,663 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 83.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,047 |
| Friars | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 89 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdevictoria.org/ |
The diocese of Ciudad Victoria ( lat. : Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis , span. : Diócesis de Ciudad Victoria ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic Diocese with headquarters in Ciudad Victoria .
history
The Diocese of Ciudad Victoria was on December 21, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. built from cessions of territory by the dioceses of Matamoros and Tampico and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ciudad Victoria
- José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza , 1965–1973, then auxiliary bishop in Monterrey
- Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones , 1974–1985, then auxiliary bishop in Monterrey
- Raymundo López Mateos OFM , 1985-1994
- Antonio González Sánchez , since 1995
See also
Web links
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