Diocese of Matamoros–Reynosa
Matamoren(sis)-Reynosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alfredo V. Bonfil, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Diocese of Matamoros-Reynosa is a Latin Church diocese in northeastern Tamaulipas, Mexico, along the Texas border, established on 16 February 1958. It was renamed to include Reynosa in July 2024 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1958
- Latin
- Matamoren(sis)-Reynosen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Refuge
- Annuario code
- 001002184
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,665,000
- Population
- 1,850,000
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 147
- Catholics per priest
- 11,327
- Extent
- 19,464 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 86
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía
- Born
- 24 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Puebla
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 Our Lady of Refuge stands in Alfredo V. Bonfil, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.
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 Nuevo LaredoCiudad Guerrero
- Diocese of Piedras NegrasAcuña
- Diocese of SaltilloArteaga
- Diocese of TampicoAldama
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the northeast of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, along the border with Texas in the United States, lies the Diocese of Matamoros-Reynosa (Latin: Dioecesis Matamorensis), a Latin Church territory. It stands as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].