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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón (Latin: Dioecesis Torreonensis) (erected 19 June 1957) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango.
Diocese of Torreón Dioecesis Torreonensis Diócesis de Torreón | |
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Carmen | |
Standort | |
Land | Mexiko |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Durango |
Metropolitan | Torreón |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,679 sq mi (22,480 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 867,543 694,034 (80%) |
Parishes | 66 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 June 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.diocesisdetorreon.org |
The diocese was the second one created in the state of Coahuila. It comprises the five municipalities that form the Laguna region of the State: Torreón, Francisco I. Madero, Viesca, Matamoros and San Pedro. Before 1959 the territory was part of the Diocese of Saltillo.
Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- Fernando Romo Gutiérrez (1958 - 1990)
- Luis Morales Reyes (1990 - 1999), appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
- José Guadalupe Galván Galindo (2000 - 2017)
- Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado (2017 - )
Coadjutor bishop
edit- Luis Morales Reyes (1985-1990)
Episcopal See
editExternal links and references
edit- "Diocese of Torreón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.