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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles

Coordinates: 21°59′19″N 99°00′49″W / 21.9886°N 99.0136°W / 21.9886; -99.0136
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Diocese of Ciudad Valles

Dioecesis Vallipolitana

Diócesis de Ciudad Valles
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceSan Luis Potosí
Statistics
Area5,512 sq mi (14,280 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
999,000
939,000 (94%)
Parishes42
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 November 1960 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRoberto Yenny García
Metropolitan ArchbishopJorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe
Bishops emeritusRoberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J.
Map
Website
www.diocesisdeciudadvalles.org.mx

The Diocese of Ciudad Valles (Latin: Dioecesis Vallipolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese was erected on 27 November 1960. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey until 25 November 2006. It cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the episcopal see of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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Territorial losses

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Year Along with To form
1997 Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí Diocese of Matehuala
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  • "Diocese of Ciudad Valles". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.

21°59′19″N 99°00′49″W / 21.9886°N 99.0136°W / 21.9886; -99.0136