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Suffragan diocese Linares, Mexico

Diocese of Linares

Linarin(us)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Philip, in Linares, Mexico.

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Established
1962
Catholics
269,141
Priests
42
Territory
33,465 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Cesar Alfonso Ortega Diaz
Born
12 May 1969
Birthplace
Chihuahua

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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.

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.