Diocese of Nuevo Laredo
Novolareden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Diocese of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas, Mexico, was erected in 1989 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit and Bishop Luis Carlos Lerma Martínez was appointed ordinary in 2025, taking canonical possession in January 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 November 1989
- Latin
- Novolareden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002430
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 791,000
- Population
- 976,600
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.0%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 11,806
- Extent
- 19,383 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Carlos Lerma Martínez
- Born
- 21 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Delicias
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit stands in Ciudad Guerrero, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Monterrey
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Monterrey.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MonterreyMonterrey
- Diocese of Ciudad VictoriaCiudad Victoria
- Diocese of LinaresLinares
- Diocese of Matamoros–ReynosaAlfredo V. Bonfil
- Diocese of Piedras NegrasAcuña
- Diocese of SaltilloArteaga
- Diocese of TampicoAldama
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the Diocese of Nuevo Laredo (Latin: Dioecesis Novolaredensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. Across its 7,484 Square Miles (19,378 square kilometers) it serves 980,000 inhabitants, 86 percent of them Catholic.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.