Suffragan diocese Linares, Mexico
Diocese of Linares
Linarin(us)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Cathedral of St. PhilipLinares · CathedralView parish
- San Felipe ApóstolLinares · CathedralView parish
- Coronación de la Virgen de GuadalupeMatehualaView parish
- El Señor de la MisericordiaLinaresView parish
- María AuxiliadoraMontemorelosMass times recorded
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeLos AldamasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeLa Ascensión, AramberriView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la SoledadGeneral TeránView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los DoloresHualahuisesView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesAramberriView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RobleLinaresMass times recorded
- Purísima ConcepciónDoctor ArroyoMass times recorded
- Sagrado CorazónDoctor CossView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsLinaresView parish
- San Antonio de PaduaMier y NoriegaView parish
- San Felipe de JesúsChinaView parish
- San JoséGeneral ZaragozaView parish
- San José de RaícesSan José de Raíces, GaleanaView parish
- San Judas TadeoMontemorelosMass times recorded
- San Mateo del PilónMontemorelosView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelRayonesView parish
- San Pablo ApóstolGaleanaView parish
- San Pedro ApóstolIturbideView parish
- San Rafael ArcángelSan Rafael, GaleanaView parish
- Santa CeciliaLinaresMass times recorded
- Santa CruzGeneral BravoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.