The Diocese of Ciudad Valles ( la, Dioecesis Vallipolitana) is a

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ecclesiastical territory

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of the

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. The diocese was erected on 27 November 1960. It is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí. It was a suffragan of the

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until 25 November 2006. It

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is found within the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the

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of Ciudad Valles,

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Bishops

Ordinaries

* Carlos Quintero Arce (1961 - 1966) * Alfonso Reyes Ramos (1966 - 1969) * José Melgoza Osorio (1970 - 1979) * Juvencio González Alvarez (1980 - 1995) *

José Guadalupe Galván Galindo José Guadalupe Galván Galindo (21 August 1941 – 16 July 2022) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. Galván Galindo was born in Mexico and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad ...

(1994 - 2000) * Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J. (2002 - 2020) * Roberto Yenny García (2020 - present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

, appointed Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca in 2005

Territorial losses

External links and references

* Ciudad Valles Ciudad Valles, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Valles Ciudad Valles 1960 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub