Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo

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Archdiocese of Saltillo
Archidioecesis Saltillensis

Statistics
Country:	Mexico
Rite:	Roman Rite
Area:	15,884 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	546,576 (2004) 524,987 (96.1%)
Cathedral:	Catedral de Santiago (Cathedral of St. James)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	José Raúl Vera López, O.P.

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

Contents 1 Ordinaries 2 Territorial losses 3 Episcopal See 4 External links and references

[edit] Ordinaries

• Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1893 -1898)
• José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1898 -1902)
• 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 - )

[edit] Territorial losses

Date	Reason
19 June 1957	to form the Diocese of Torreón
8 January 2003	to form the Diocese of Piedras Negras

[edit] Episcopal See

• Saltillo, Coahuila

[edit] External links and references

• Diocese of Saltillo. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.