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Diocese of Torreón ( la, Dioecesis Torreonensis) (erected 19 June 1957) is a

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of the

Archdiocese of Durango The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango ( la, Archidioecesis Durangensis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. Based in the city of Durango, it is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán and Torreón as ...

. The diocese was the second one created in the state of

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. It comprises the five municipalities that form the Laguna region of the State: Torreón, Francisco I. Madero, Viesca, Matamoros and San Pedro. Before 1959 the territory was part of the Diocese of Saltillo.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Fernando Romo Gutiérrez (1958 - 1990) *

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(1990 - 1999), appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México * José Guadalupe Galván Galindo (2000 - 2017) * Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado (2017 - )

Coadjutor bishop

(1985-1990)

Episcopal See

* Torreón, Coahuila

External links and references

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