Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Laredo

Diocese of Nuevo Laredo Dioecesis Novolaredensis Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Monterrey
Metropolitan	Nuevo Laredo
Statistics
Area	7,484 sq mi (19,380 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 976,600 791,000 (81%)
Parishes	34
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6 November 1989 (31 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rogelio Cabrera López
Map
Website
www.diocesisdenuevolaredo.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Novolaredensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. It is located in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It covers an area of 7,484 Square Miles (19,378 square kilometers) and serves 980,000 inhabitants of which 86% is Roman Catholic. The Diocese of Nuevo Laredo was erected on November 6, 1989 under "quo Facilius." The current bishop of Nuevo Laredo is Enrique Sanchez Martinez, who before coming to Nuevo Laredo in 2015 was the auxiliary bishop of Durango.^[1] His predecessor, , was called away from the diocese by Pope Francis to serve as Archbishop of Yucatán, which Archdiocese is based in Mérida.

Bishops[]

• Ricardo Watty Urquidi, (1989–2008), appointed Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit
• (2008-2015), appointed Archbishop of Yucatán^[2][3]
• (2015- )

External links and references[]

• "Diocese of Nuevo Laredo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.

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