Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo (Latin: Dioecesis Saltillensis) (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey.

Diocese of Saltillo

Dioecesis Saltillensis

Diócesis de Saltillo
Catedral de Santiago
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Monterrey
MetropolitanPiedras Negras, Coahuila
Statistics
Area21,864 sq mi (56,630 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
546,576
524,987 (96.1%)
Parishes60
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established23 June 1891 (129 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. James
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Raúl Vera López, O.P.
Metropolitan ArchbishopRogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritusFrancisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla
Map
Website
www.diocesisdesaltillo.org.mx

History

The Franciscan Father Andres de Leon was one of the first missionaries in this territory in the sixteenth century. In 1827 the name of Saltillo was changed to Ciudad Leona Vicario, in honor of the Mexican heroine of that name, but the original name always prevailed. The Franciscan Fathers of the Province of Jalisco had eight missions in Coahuila, which, in 1777, formed part of the See of Linares, or Monterey, and belonged to it until 1891, when Pope Leo XIII erected the See of Saltillo with jurisdiction over the entire State of Coahuila.[1]

According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA), Bishop Raul Vera Lopez of Saltillo, Mexico will meet with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in the Vatican's Roman Curia, "to discuss Bishop Vera's support for the San Elredo Community, an organization that embraces homosexuality." The San Elredo Community has become a separate organization apart from the Diocese of Saltillo.[2]

Bishops

Ordinaries
  • Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1893–1898), appointed Bishop of León, Guanajuato
  • José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1898–1902), appointed Bishop of Aguascalientes
  • Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre (1904–1954)
  • Luis Guízar y Barragán (1954–1975)
  • Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (1975–1999) - Bishop Emeritus
  • José Raúl Vera López, O.P. (1999 - )

Coadjutor bishop
  • Luis Guízar y Barragán (1938-1954)

Auxiliary bishops

Territorial losses
DateReason
19 June 1957to form the Diocese of Torreón
8 January 2003to form the Diocese of Piedras Negras

Episcopal See
  • Saltillo, Coahuila
  • "Diocese of Saltillo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
  1. Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Diocese of Saltillo
  2. Vatican to examine Mexican bishop's gay ministry

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Saltillo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.



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