Diocese of Piedras Negras Dioecesis Saxanigrensis Diócesis de Piedras Negras | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Monterrey |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 21,864 sq mi (56,630 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 550,000 440,000 (80%) |
| Parishes | 26 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 January 2003 (21 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Martyrs of Christ the King |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Rogelio Cabrera López |
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The Diocese of Piedras Negras (Latin: Dioecesis Saxanigrensis) 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 8 January 2003. Its cathedra is found within the Catedral Mártires de Cristo Rey in the episcopal see of Piedras Negras, Coahuila.
Ordinaries
- Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño (2003– )
External links
- "Diocese of Piedras Negras". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
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