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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Coordinates: 23°43′53″N 99°09′03″W / 23.7315°N 99.1508°W / 23.7315; -99.1508
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Diocese of Ciudad Victoria

Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis

Diócesis de Ciudad Victoria
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Monterrey
Statistics
Area15,341 sq mi (39,730 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
463,762
387,241 (83.5%)
Parishes33
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established21 December 1964 (59 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopOscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal
Metropolitan ArchbishopRogelio Cabrera López
Bishops emeritusAntonio González Sánchez
Website
www.diocesisdevictoria.org

The Diocese of Ciudad Victoria (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Victoriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. The diocese was erected on 21 December 1964.

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Episcopal See

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

23°43′53″N 99°09′03″W / 23.7315°N 99.1508°W / 23.7315; -99.1508