Diocese of Ciudad Victoria
Civitatis Victorien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in central Tamaulipas, Mexico, erected 21 December 1964. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ciudad Victoria.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 December 1964
- Latin
- Civitatis Victorien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001172
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 387,241
- Population
- 463,762
- Catholic share
- 83.5%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 6,677
- Extent
- 39,733 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.7
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
- Oscar Efrain Tamez Villarreal
- Born
- 4 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Allende
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 Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Ciudad Victoria, 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 LinaresLinares
- Diocese of Matamoros–ReynosaAlfredo V. Bonfil
- 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
The Diocese of Ciudad Victoria (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis), a Latin Church jurisdiction in Mexico, was erected on 21 December 1964 from territory taken out of the Diocese of Tampico, a see that had itself carried the name Diocese of Ciudad Victoria between 1870 and 1958. It is a suffragan within the 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].