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Diocese of Matamoros

Dioecesis Matamorensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 16 February 1958
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Monterrey
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Tamaulipas
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 19,457 (7,515 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Noreste
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdematamoros.org/
  • Mailing Address: Calle Cuarta entre Morelos y González Altos 137, 87300 Matamoros, Tamps., México
  • Telephone: (868)813.55.11; 813.36.58
  • Fax: 816.06.08

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 February 1958ErectedDiocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas (Nueva Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Reynosa, Méndez, Matamoros, Valle Hermosa, San Fernando, Cruillas, San Nicolás, and Burgos) Diocese of Matamoros (erected)
21 December 1964Territory LostDiocese of Matamoros
Diocese of Tampico
Diocese of Ciudad Victoria (erected)
6 November 1989Territory LostDiocese 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
1966515,000575,00089.6%38135110,098239027ap1967
1968540,000600,00090.0%6118796,8353311129ap1971
1976660,000800,00082.5%5812709,4282413042ap1977
1980740,000930,00079.6%6413779,61011613246ap1981
19901,207,0001,610,00075.0%68138114,9012012760ap1991
19991,392,0441,739,49280.0%78108815,818109850ap2000
20001,433,8051,791,67680.0%8899714,781910050ap2001
20011,505,4951,881,26080.0%8979615,68288047ap2002
20021,656,0442,069,38680.0%89109916,727118647ap2003
20032,844,0903,070,30692.6%1111212323,1224127952ap2004
20041,665,0001,850,00090.0%991211115,0004128856ap2005
20131,826,0002,068,00088.3%104911316,15951211455ap2014
20161,231,5621,448,89785.0%111811910,34951111867ap2017
20191,201,9501,448,90783.0%97910611,33941212074ap2020
20211,266,9001,527,19383.0%108811610,921151111974ap2022

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 713, to Page 715

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