Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala

Diocese of Matehuala Dioecesis Matehualensis Diócesis de Matehuala
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San Luis Potosí
Metropolitan	Matehuala
Statistics
Area	10,394 sq mi (26,920 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 249,692 213,812 (85.6%)
Parishes	17
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 May 1997 (26 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Margarito Salazar Cárdenas
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Carlos Cabrero Romero
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala (Latin: Dioecesis Matehualensis) (erected 28 May 1997) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí.

Ordinaries

• Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez (1997-2006), appointed, Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla
• Lucas Martínez Lara (2006-2016)
• Margarito Salazar Cárdenas (2018-)

Episcopal See

• Matehuala, San Luis Potosí

See also

• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Matehuala

External links and references

• "Diocese of Matehuala". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

23°38′47″N 100°38′40″W / 23.646404°N 100.644379°W / 23.646404; -100.644379

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Prelates

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Saints

• St. Felipe de Jesús, Franciscan cleric
• St. Peter Baptist, Franciscan priest
• St. Mateo Correa Magallanes
• St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado
• St. José María Robles Hurtado
• St. Toribio Romo González
• St. Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
• St. José Maria de Yermo y Parres
• St. Miguel Pro
• St. Anacleto González Flores
• St. José Sánchez del Río
• St. Rafael Guízar y Valencia

Religious

Priests and brothers	Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl
Sisters	La Merced Cloister University of the Cloister of Sor Juana

Devotions

Jesus	(TBA)
Marian	Our Lady of Guadalupe (TBA)

Culture

Christmas	Nochebuena Navidad
Holy Week	Fasting and abstinence
Others	(TBA)

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