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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo

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Parishes
  
60

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
56,628 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Rogelio Cabrera López

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St. James

Country
  
Mexico

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 546,576 524,987 (96.1%)

Established
  
23 June 1891 (125 years ago)

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey, Piedras Negras

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo (Latin: Dioecesis Saltillensis) (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey.

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History

The Franciscan Father Andres de Leon was one of the first missionaries in this territory in the sixteenth century. In 1827 the name of Saltillo was changed to Ciudad Leona Vicario, in honor of the Mexican heroine of that name, but the original name always prevailed. The Franciscan Fathers of the Province of Jalisco had eight missions in Coahuila, which, in 1777, formed part of the See of Linares, or Monterey, and belonged to it until 1891, when Pope Leo XIII erected the See of Saltillo with jurisdiction over the entire State of Coahuila.

According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA), Bishop Raul Vera Lopez of Saltillo, Mexico will meet with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in the Vatican's Roman Curia, "to discuss Bishop Vera's support for the San Elredo Community, an organization that embraces homosexuality." The San Elredo Community has become a separate organization apart from the Diocese of Saltillo.

Ordinaries

  • Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1893–1898)
  • José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1898–1902)
  • Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre (1904–1954)
  • Luis Guízar y Barragán (1954–1975)
  • Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (1975–1999) - Bishop Emeritus
  • José Raúl Vera López, O.P. (1999 - )
  • Episcopal See

  • Saltillo, Coahuila
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo Wikipedia