The Diocese of Linares in Mexico ( la, Dioecesis Linarina) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. The diocese is a suffragan in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Monterrey. It was erected on 30 April 1962. The

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is found in the Linares Cathedral in the

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Linares, Nuevo León Linares is a small city in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name and it is the largest urban centre of the so-called "orange belt" region. The city had a 20 ...

Bishops

Anselmo Zarza Bernal Anselmo Zarza Bernal (June 4, 1916 – April 15, 2014) was a Mexican bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Bernal was born in Atlixco, Puebla in June 1916. He was ordained a priest in 1939. He was the Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León, from 1962 to 196 ...

(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

* Linares Linares, Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares Linares {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub