Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles

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Diocese of Ciudad Valles

Dioecesis Vallipolitana

Diócesis de Ciudad Valles
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceSan Luis Potosí
Statistics
Area5,512 sq mi (14,280 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
999,000
939,000 (94%)
Parishes42
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 November 1960 (61 years ago)
Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop
Bishops emeritus, M.J.
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles in Mexico.jpg
Website
www.diocesisdeciudadvalles.org.mx

The Diocese of Ciudad Valles (Latin: Dioecesis Vallipolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese was erected on 27 November 1960. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey until 25 November 2006. It cathedra is found within the in the episcopal see of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

  • Carlos Quintero Arce (1961 -1966)
  • (1966 -1969)
  • (1970 -1979)
  • (1980 -1995)
  • (1994 -2000)
  • , M.J. (2002 -2020 )
  • (2020 -, elect

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

  • , appointed Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca in 2005

Territorial losses[]

Year Along with To form
1997 Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí Diocese of Matehuala

External links and references[]

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

Coordinates: 21°59′19″N 99°00′49″W / 21.9886°N 99.0136°W / 21.9886; -99.0136


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