Diocese of Matehuala
| Diocese of Matehuala | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí |
| Diocesan bishop | Margarito Salazar Cárdenas |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 26,912 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 271,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 237,300 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 87.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,416 |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
The Diocese of Matehuala ( lat. : Dioecesis Matehualensis , span. : Diócesis de Matehuala ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Matehuala .
history
The diocese of Matehuala was established on May 28, 1997 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicum officium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí and the Diocese of Ciudad Valles and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí as a suffragan .
Bishops
- Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez , 1997-2006, then Bishop of Tehuacán
- Lucas Martínez Lara , 2006–2016
- Margarito Salazar Cárdenas , since 2018
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Matehuala - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Apostolicum officium , AAS 89 (1997), n.9, p. 602ff.