Diocese of Matamoros
| Diocese of Matamoros | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Monterrey |
| Diocesan bishop | Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 19,457 km² |
| Parishes | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,448,897 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,231,562 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 111 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,349 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 118 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Refugio |
| Website | www.diocesisdematamoros.org |
The Diocese of Matamoros ( lat. : Dioecesis Matamorensis , span. : Diócesis de Matamoros ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Matamoros .
history
The diocese of Matamoros was founded on February 16, 1958 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Haud inani from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan . On December 21, 1964, the Diocese of Matamoros gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria . Another area assignment took place on 6 November 1989 to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Quo facilius erected Diocese of Nuevo Laredo .
Bishops
- Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa , 1959–1968, then Bishop of San Luis Potosí
- Sabás Magaña García , 1968–1990
- Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos , 1991–2003, then Bishop of Toluca
- Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez , 2005–2011
- Ruy Rendón Leal , 2011–2016, then Archbishop of Hermosillo
- Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía , since 2016
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Matamoros - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Matamoros (Spanish)
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Haud inani , AAS 50 (1958), n.15, p. 713ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Quo facilius , AAS 82 (1990), n.3, p. 39ff.