Diocese of Linares
Linarin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Linares, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, erected 30 April 1962. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Philip in Linares.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1962
- Latin
- Linarin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002010
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 269,141
- Population
- 317,057
- Catholic share
- 84.9%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 6,408
- Extent
- 33,465 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.0
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
- Cesar Alfonso Ortega Diaz
- Born
- 12 May 1969
- Birthplace
- Chihuahua
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 St. Philip stands in Linares, 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 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 present Diocese of Linares in Mexico (Latin: Dioecesis Linarina), erected on 30 April 1962, is a Latin Church suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. That metropolitan see was itself founded in 1777 under the name Diocese of Linares, a title it kept until the change to Monterrey in 1922. The cathedra of the new diocese rests in the Linares Cathedral in the see city of Linares, Nuevo León.
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].