Diocese of Matehuala

Diocese of Matehuala

Dioecesis Matehualensis

Diócesis de Matehuala
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San Luis Potosí
MetropolitanMatehuala
Statistics
Area26,912 km2 (10,391 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 273,234
  • 239,332 (87.6%)
Parishes17
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established28 May 1997 (1997-05-28)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Secular priests34 (31 diocesan, 3 religious orders)
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopSede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopJorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe
Apostolic AdministratorJorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala (Latin: Dioecesis Matehualensis) (erected 28 May 1997) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí.

Ordinaries

  • Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (1997–2006), appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla
  • Lucas Martínez Lara (2006–2016)
  • Margarito Salazar Cárdenas (2018–2026), appointed Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas

Episcopal See

See also

  • "Diocese of Matehuala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

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