Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Piedras Negras | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Saxanigrensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Piedras Negras |
Country: | Mexico |
Province: | Province of Monterrey |
Area Sqmi: | 21,864 |
Population: | 550,000 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 440,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 80 |
Parishes: | 26 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 8 January 2003 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Martyrs of Christ the King |
Bishop: | Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño |
Metro Archbishop: | Rogelio Cabrera López |
Map: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Piedras Negras in Mexico.jpg |
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.