Diocese of Piedras Negras
| Diocese of Piedras Negras | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Monterrey |
| Diocesan bishop | Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño |
| Vicar General | Armando Vargas Mireles |
| founding | 2003 |
| surface | 56,608 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 571.102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 404.320 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 70.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 57 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,860 |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Martires de Cristo Rey |
| Website | www.diocesispn.org |
The Diocese of Piedras Negras ( lat. : Dioecesis Saxanigrensis , span. : Diócesis de Piedras Negras ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Piedras Negras .
history
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The diocese of Piedras Negras was established on January 8, 2003 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitus de spirituali from cession of the diocese of Saltillo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan . The first bishop was Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Piedras Negras - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Piedras Negras (Spanish)
- Entry for the diocese of Piedras Negras on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus: Const. Apost. Sollicitus de spirituali , AAS 95 (2003), n.6, p. 382f.