Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares (Mexico)

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Diocese of Linares

Dioecesis Linarina

Diócesis de Linares
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Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Monterrey
Statistics
Area12,921 sq mi (33,470 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 317,057
  • 269,141 (84.9%)
Parishes21
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established30 April 1962 (62 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Philip
Current leadership
Pope Sede vacante
Bishopvacant
Metropolitan Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritus Ramón Calderón Batres
Website
www.diocesisdelinares.com

The Diocese of Linares in Mexico (Latin : Dioecesis Linarina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey that was founded in 1777 with the name of Diocese of Linares (name changed in Monterrey in 1922). The new Diocese of Linares was erected on 30 April 1962. The cathedra is found in the Linares Cathedral in the episcopal see of Linares, Nuevo León.

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