Diocese of Torreón
Torreonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Torreón, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, covering the five municipalities of the Laguna region. Erected on 19 June 1957, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango and its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 June 1957
- Latin
- Torreonen(sis)
- Patron
- N-D du Mont-Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001003258
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 694,034
- Population
- 867,543
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 7,627
- Extent
- 22,479 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Luis Martin Barraza Beltran
- Born
- 22 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Ciudad Camargo
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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Torreón, 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 Durango
A suffragan of Durango.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DurangoAbasolo
- Diocese of El SaltoCanelas
- Diocese of Gómez PalacioBermejillo
- Diocese of MazatlánAgua Verde
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 19 June 1957 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango, the Diocese of Torreón (Latin: Dioecesis Torreonensis) was the second diocese created in the state of Coahuila. Its territory, which before 1959 belonged to the Diocese of Saltillo, consists of the five municipalities of the state's Laguna region: Torreón, Francisco I. Madero, Viesca, Matamoros and San Pedro.
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].