The Diocese of Nuevo Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Novolaredensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It covers an area of 7,484 Square Miles (19,378 square kilometers) and serves 980,000 inhabitants of which 86 percent are Catholic. The Diocese of Nuevo Laredo was erected on November 6, 1989 under the papal bull "quo Facilius." The current Bishop of Nuevo Laredo is Enrique Sanchez Martinez, who before coming to Nuevo Laredo in 2015 was the auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Durango.[1] His predecessor, Gustavo Rodriguez Vega, was called away from the diocese by Pope Francis to serve as Archbishop of Yucatán, which Archdiocese is based in Mérida.
Diocese of Nuevo Laredo Dioecesis Novolaredensis Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Monterrey |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,484 sq mi (19,380 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 976,600 791,000 (81%) |
| Parishes | 34 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6 November 1989 (35 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Spirit |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Enrique Sanchez Martinez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Rogelio Cabrera López |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesisdenuevolaredo.org | |
Bishops
edit- Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. (1989–2008), appointed Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit
- Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (2008-2015), appointed Archbishop of Yucatán[2][3]
- Enrique Sanchez Martinez (2015- )
External links and references
edit- "Diocese of Nuevo Laredo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
References
edit- ^ "Diócesis de Nuevo Laredo is under construction".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
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