Diocese of Saltillo
Saltillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Arteaga, Coahuila, Mexico
The Diocese of Saltillo is a Latin Church diocese covering the state of Coahuila, Mexico, erected on 23 June 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey and has been led by Bishop Hilario Gonzalez Garcia since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1891
- Latin
- Saltillen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002854
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 525,000
- Population
- 546,576
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.1%
- Priests
- 193
- Catholics per priest
- 2,720
- Extent
- 56,628 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.3
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
- Hilario González García
- Born
- 19 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Monterrey
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
Catedral de Santiago Apostol, Saltillo stands in Arteaga, 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 Nuevo LaredoCiudad Guerrero
- Diocese of Piedras NegrasAcuña
- Diocese of TampicoAldama
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 23 June 1891, the Diocese of Saltillo (Latin: Dioecesis Saltillensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan see.
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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.