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Suffragan diocese Alfredo V. Bonfil, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Diocese of Matamoros–Reynosa

Matamoren(sis)-Reynosen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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Alfredo V. Bonfil, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1958
Catholics
1,665,000
Priests
147
Territory
19,464 km²

Parishes and churches

74 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía
Born
24 July 1965
Birthplace
Puebla

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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.

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.