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The Diocese of Linares in Mexico (Latin: Dioecesis Linarina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected on 30 April 1962. The cathedra is found in the Linares Cathedral in the episcopal see of Linares, Nuevo León.
Bishops
- Anselmo Zarza Bernal (1962 -1966), appointed Bishop of León, Guanajuato
- Antonio Sahagún López (1966 -1973), resigned and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Rafael Gallardo García, O.S.A. (1974 -1987), appointed Bishop of Tampico, Tamaulipas
- Ramón Calderón Batres (1988 -2014)
- Hilario González García (2014 -2020), appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
External links and references
- "Diocese of Linares". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
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