Diocese of Ciudad Victoria Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis Diócesis de Ciudad Victoria | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Monterrey |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 15,341 sq mi (39,730 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 463,762 387,241 (83.5%) |
| Parishes | 33 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 21 December 1964 (59 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Rogelio Cabrera López |
| Bishops emeritus | Antonio González Sánchez |
| Website | |
| www.diocesisdevictoria.org | |
The Diocese of Ciudad Victoria (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. The diocese was erected on 21 December 1964.
Ordinaries
- José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1965-1973)
- Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones (1974-1985)
- Raymundo López Mateos, O.F.M. (1985-1994)
- Antonio González Sánchez (1995-2021)
- Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal (2021-present)
Episcopal See
External links
- "Diocese of Ciudad Victoria". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
23°43′53″N 99°09′03″W / 23.7315°N 99.1508°W
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