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Diocese of Torreón

Dioecesis Torreonensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 June 1957
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Durango
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Coahuila
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 22,471 (8,679 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdetorreon.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Av. Morelos 46 Poniente, 27000 Torreón, Coah., México
  • Telephone: (871)716-62-18; 712-20-43
  • Fax: 712-20-43

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 June 1957ErectedDiocese of Saltillo (Torreón, Viesca, Matamoros, San Pedro, and Francisco I. Madero) Diocese of Torreón (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966350,000363,00096.4%2423477,4462817014ap1967
1968425,714437,71497.3%3030607,0953615015ap1971
1976660,000725,00091.0%3739768,684391220ap1977
1980810,000900,00090.0%36427810,38414714823ap1981
19901,052,0001,120,00093.9%54429610,95814714529ap1991
19991,096,0001,290,00085.0%78411199,2104515142ap2000
20001,314,0001,460,00090.0%90431339,8795614344ap2001
20011,329,0001,477,00090.0%884112910,3025013144ap2002
20021,453,0001,530,00095.0%933913211,0074215146ap2003
20031,080,0001,120,00096.4%94421367,9414618046ap2004
2004620,244775,30580.0%90481384,4945216149ap2005
2010694,034867,54380.0%98371355,1404010466ap2011
2014710,150887,68780.0%90391295,5054111757ap2015
2017722,149902,68780.0%91351265,7313811260ap2018
2020734,149917,68780.0%94401345,4784311461ap2021
2022742,149927,68780.0%95351305,7083810562ap2023

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 50, Page 188, to Page 190

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