Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis

Diócesis de Ciudad Victoria
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Monterrey
Statistics
Area15,341 sq mi (39,730 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2006)
  • 463,762
  • 387,241 (83.5%)
Parishes33
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established21 December 1964 (60 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopOscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal
Metropolitan ArchbishopRogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritusAntonio 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.[1] from territory split from the Diocese of Tampico (that had the name of Diocese of Ciudad Victoria between 1870 and 1958).

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Episcopal See

References

  1. ^ "Ciudad Victoria (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.

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