Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Saltillo, Diocese of

SALTILLO, DIOCESI DI

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SALTILLO, Diocese of. - City and diocese in Mexico, in the State of Coahuila.

It has an area of 155,000 sq km and a population of 710,000 inhabitants, of whom 683,500 are Catholics. The diocese has 30 parishes and a clergy of 38 diocesan priests and 31 regular clergy. It has 1 seminary, 8 male religious communities and 25 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 348). The city was founded in the 16th century, and was erected as a diocese by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, as a suffragan of Monterrey.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., LIII, pp. 342-43; C. Crivelli, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 404.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1707.

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Josi, Enrico. “Saltillo, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1707. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/saltillo-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Saltillo, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1707. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/saltillo-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Saltillo, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1707},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/saltillo-diocesi-di}
}

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