Diocese of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nuevo Laredo / Novolareden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Monterrey

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.11.06: Established as Diocese of Nuevo Laredo / Novolareden(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey and Diocese of Matamoros and became suffragan of Monterrey)

Contact Info

Address: Veracruz #2426 Col. Madero, 88270 - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Mexico

Phone: (867) 7-11-29-28

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2023.11.08 – ...):

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nuevo Laredo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López (73)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez (63)
(2015.11.16 – 2023.09.11)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico)

Videns eum misericordia motus est

Born:	1960.12.02 (Cuencamé, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.10.10

Priest of Durango (Mexico) (1986.06.29 – 2008.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Thamugadi (2008.07.21 – 2015.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (2008.07.21 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2015.11.16 – 2023.09.11)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico) (2023.09.11 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (61) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.07.29 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (69) (later Archbishop)
(2008.10.08 – 2015.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico)
Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Evangelizare pauperibus

Born:	1955.03.07 (Monterrey, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.14

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1980.08.15 – 2001.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Obba (2001.06.27 – 2008.10.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2001.06.27 – 2008.10.08)

Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2008.10.08 – 2015.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (2015.06.01 – ...)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2021.11.10 – ...)

Bishop Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S.
(1989.11.06 – 2008.02.21)

Hágase tu voluntad

Born:	1938.07.16 (San Diego, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.07.19
Died:	2011.11.01 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Macomades (1980.05.27 – 1989.11.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1980.05.27 – 1989.11.06)

Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (1989.11.06 – 2008.02.21)

Bishop of Tepic (Mexico) (2008.02.21 – 2011.11.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral del Espíritu Santo, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Monterrey (↙), Saltillo (↙), Piedras Negras (↖), Laredo (↗), Brownsville (↘), Matamoros (↘), Linares (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 19,378 km²

Population: 373,000 Catholics (69.9% of 534,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 108 missions

Personnel: 68 priests (52 diocesan, 16 religious), 18 deacons, 94 religious (16 brothers, 78 sisters), 16 seminarians