Diocese of Saltillo
Saltillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Arteaga, Coahuila, Mexico
The Diocese of Saltillo is a Latin Church diocese covering the state of Coahuila, Mexico, erected on 23 June 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey and has been led by Bishop Hilario Gonzalez Garcia since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1891
- Latin
- Saltillen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002854
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 525,000
- Population
- 546,576
- Catholic share
- 96.1%
- Priests
- 193
- Catholics per priest
- 2,720
- Extent
- 56,628 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.3
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
- Hilario González García
- Born
- 19 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Monterrey
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
Catedral de Santiago Apostol, Saltillo stands in Arteaga, 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 LinaresLinares
- Diocese of Matamoros–ReynosaAlfredo V. Bonfil
- Diocese of Nuevo LaredoCiudad Guerrero
- Diocese of Piedras NegrasAcuña
- Diocese of TampicoAldama
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 23 June 1891, the Diocese of Saltillo (Latin: Dioecesis Saltillensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey as a suffragan see.
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].