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

San Luis Potosí, Diocese of

SAN LUIGI (SAN LUIS) POTOSI, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Spanish: Diócesis de San Luis Potosí

SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, DIOCESE OF. - Diocese and capital city of the state of the same name in Mexico.

Over an area of 12,000 sq km it has a population of 420,589 inhabitants, of whom 419,803 are Catholics distributed in 55 parishes served by 160 diocesan priests and 4 regulars; it has a seminary, 6 male religious communities and 43 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 357). The diocese was erected by Pius IX in 1854, as a suffragan of Linares, today Monterrey.

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. Montes de Oca y Obregón, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XIII, p. 448.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1789.

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Josi, Enrico. “San Luigi (San Luis) Potosi, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1789. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-luigi-san-luis-potosi-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “San Luigi (San Luis) Potosi, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1789. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-luigi-san-luis-potosi-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {San Luigi (San Luis) Potosi, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1789},
  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/san-luigi-san-luis-potosi-diocesi-di}
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