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Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón

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Metropolitan
  
Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
22,478 km²

Country
  
Mexico

Parishes
  
66

Rite
  
Phone
  
+52 871 712 3043

Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)867,543694,034 (80%)

Established
  
19 June 1957 (59 years ago)

Address
  
Av Morelos 46, Centro, Primero de Cobián Centro, 27000 Torreón, Coah., Mexico

Bishop
  
José Guadalupe Galván Galindo

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango, Torreón

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Profiles

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón (Latin: Dioecesis Torreonensis) (erected 19 June 1957) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango.

Contents

The diocese was the second one created in the state of Coahuila. It comprises the five municipalities that form the Laguna region of the State: Torreón, Francisco I. Madero, Viesca, Matamoros and San Pedro. Before 1959 the territory was part of the Diocese of Saltillo.

Ordinaries

  • Fernando Romo Gutiérrez (1958 -1990) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Luis Morales Reyes (1990 -1999)
  • José Guadalupe Galván Galindo (2000 - )
  • Episcopal See

  • Torreón, Coahuila
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón Wikipedia


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