Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo

Diocese of Saltillo Dioecesis Saltillensis Diócesis de Saltillo
Catedral de Santiago
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Monterrey
Metropolitan	Piedras Negras, Coahuila
Statistics
Area	21,864 sq mi (56,630 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 546,576 524,987 (96.1%)
Parishes	60
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 June 1891 (126 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. James
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Raúl Vera López, O.P.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rogelio Cabrera López
Map
Website
www.diocesisdesaltillo.org.mx

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo (Latin: Dioecesis Saltillensis) (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey.

The Franciscan Father Andres de Leon was one of the first missionaries in this territory in the sixteenth century. In 1827 the name of Saltillo was changed to Ciudad Leona Vicario, in honor of the Mexican heroine of that name, but the original name always prevailed. The Franciscan Fathers of the Province of Jalisco had eight missions in Coahuila, which, in 1777, formed part of the See of Linares, or Monterey, and belonged to it until 1891, when Pope Leo XIII erected the See of Saltillo with jurisdiction over the entire State of Coahuila.

According to the Catholic News Agency (CNA), Bishop Raul Vera Lopez of Saltillo, Mexico will meet with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in the Vatican's Roman Curia, "to discuss Bishop Vera's support for the San Elredo Community, an organization that embraces homosexuality." The San Elredo Community has become a separate organization apart from the Diocese of Saltillo.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.