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Diocese of Nuevo Laredo

Dioecesis Novolaredensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6 November 1989
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Monterrey
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Tamaulipas
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 19,378 (7,484 Square Miles)
  • Description: Anáhuac, Lampazos, Bustamante, Villaldama, Sabinas Hidalgo, Vallecillo, and Parás (in Nuevo León) and Miguel Alemán, Cd. Mier, Nueva Cd. Guerrero, and Nuevo Laredo (in Tamaulipas)
  • Conference Region: Noreste
  • Official Web Site: http://test.diocesisnuevolaredo.org
  • Mailing Address: Veracruz 2426, Col. Madero, 88270 Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., México
  • Telephone: (867)711-29-28
  • Fax: 714-91-35

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6 November 1989ErectedDiocese of Matamoros (Miguel Alemán, Cd. Mier, Nueva Cd. Guerrero, and Nuevo Laredo)
Archdiocese of Monterrey (Anáhuac, Lampazos, Bustamante, Villaldama, Sabinas Hidalgo, Vallecillo, and Parás)
Diocese of Nuevo Laredo (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990794,000810,00098.0%2473125,6126525ap1991
1999791,800979,50080.8%43135614,1391179332ap2000
2000792,000979,50080.9%41125314,9431179632ap2001
2001787,000980,00080.3%39155414,5741209632ap2002
2002791,000979,60080.7%38175514,3811199434ap2003
2003791,000979,60080.7%39175614,1252511534ap2004
2004791,000976,60081.0%42206212,758289034ap2005
2013884,0001,051,00084.1%52197112,4508268744ap2014
2016362,010491,42073.7%4821695,24615259244ap2017
2019369,200515,20071.7%5121725,12723237842ap2020
2021369,830529,26869.9%5215675,51920177743ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 39, to Page 41

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