Diocese of Ciudad Valles
Dioecesis Vallipolitana
Diócesis de Ciudad Valles
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| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Luis Potosí |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,512 sq mi (14,280 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 999,000 939,000 (94%) |
| Parishes | 42 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 27 November 1960 (63 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Roberto Yenny García |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe |
| Bishops emeritus | Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J. |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesisdeciudadvalles.org.mx | |
The Diocese of Ciudad Valles (Latin: Dioecesis Vallipolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory diocese of the Catholic ChurchinMexico. The diocese was erected on 27 November 1960. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monterrey until 25 November 2006. It cathedra is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the episcopal seeofCiudad Valles, San Luis Potosí.
| Year | Along with | To form |
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| 1997 | Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí | Diocese of Matehuala |
21°59′19″N 99°00′49″W / 21.9886°N 99.0136°W / 21.9886; -99.0136
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