Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares (Mexico)

Not to be confused with the Diocese of Linares in Chile.

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.

Diocese of Linares Dioecesis Linarina Diócesis de Linares
Catedral de San Felipe Apóstol
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Monterrey
Statistics
Area	12,921 sq mi (33,470 km2)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 317,057 269,141 (84.9%)
Parishes	21
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	30 April 1962 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Philip
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	vacant
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritus	Ramón Calderón Batres
Website
www.diocesisdelinares.com

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

External links and references

• "Diocese of Linares". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.

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