Diocese of Nuevo Laredo
| Diocese of Nuevo Laredo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Monterrey |
| Diocesan bishop | Enrique Sánchez Martínez |
| founding | 1989 |
| surface | 19,378 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 491.420 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 362.010 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 73.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,247 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 92 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral del Espiritu Santo |
| Website | http://diocesisnuevolaredo.org/ |
The Diocese of Nuevo Laredo ( lat. : Dioecesis Novolaredensis , span. : Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Nuevo Laredo .
history
The diocese of Nuevo Laredo was established on November 6, 1989 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quo Facilius from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Monterrey and the Diocese of Matamoros and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan .
Bishops of Nuevo Laredo
- Ricardo Watty Urquidi MSpS , 1989–2008, then Bishop of Tepic
- Gustavo Rodríguez Vega , 2008–2015, then Archbishop of Yucatán
- Enrique Sánchez Martínez , since 2015
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quo facilius , AAS 82 (1990), n.3, p. 39ff.