Diocese of Torreón

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Diocese of Torreón
Basic data
Country Mexico
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Durango
Diocesan bishop Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán
Emeritus diocesan bishop José Guadalupe Galván Galindo
founding June 19, 1957
surface 22,471 km²
Parishes 60 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 902,687 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 722.149 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 80%
Diocesan priest 91 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 35 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 5,731
Friars 38 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 112 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Carmen
Website http://www.diocesisdetorreon.org/

The Diocese of Torreón ( lat. : Dioecesis Torreonensis , span. : Diócesis de Torreón ) is one in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Torreón .

history

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Carmen

The diocese of Torreón was on June 19, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui hanc from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Saltillo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Durango as a suffragan .

Bishops of Torreón

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Torreón  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Qui hanc , AAS 50 (1958), n.5, p. 188ff.