The
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
Diocese of Matehuala () (erected 28 May 1997) is a suffragan
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí.
Ordinaries
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Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez
Rodrigo () is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name ''Roderick'' ( Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last ...
(1997-2006), appointed, Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla
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Lucas Martínez Lara
Lucas Martínez Lara (13 March 1946 – 9 April 2016) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1968, Martinez Lara was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matehuala, Mexico in 2006; he died while still in of ...
(2006-2016)
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Margarito Salazar Cárdenas (2018-)
Episcopal See
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Matehuala
Matehuala is a city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, situated at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with ...
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San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí.
It ...
See also
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Matehuala
External links and references
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Matehuala
Matehuala is a city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, situated at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with ...
Matehuala, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Matehuala
Matehuala is a city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, situated at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with ...
Matehuala
Matehuala is a city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, situated at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with ...
1960 establishments in Mexico
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