Diocese of Linares

Dioecesis Linarina

Diócesis de Linares
Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol
Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Monterrey
Statistics
Area12,921 sq mi (33,470 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
317,057
269,141 (84.9%)
Parishes21
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 April 1962 (61 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Philip
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopvacant
Metropolitan ArchbishopRogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritusRamón 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. It was erected on 30 April 1962. The cathedra is found in the Linares Cathedral in the episcopal see of Linares, Nuevo León.

Bishops

  • Anselmo Zarza Bernal (1962 -1966), appointed Bishop of León, Guanajuato
  • Antonio Sahagún López (1966 -1973), resigned and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
  • Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. (1974 -1987), appointed Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas
  • Ramón Calderón Batres (1988 -2014)
  • Hilario González García (2014 -2020), appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
  • "Diocese of Linares". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.

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