Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala

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

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 (28 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Margarito Salazar Cárdenas
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Carlos Cabrero Romero
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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.

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