Diocese of Ciudad Valles, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ciudad Valles / Vallipolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Luis Potosí

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.11.27: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Valles / Vallipolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Huejutla and Diocese of San Luis Potosí and became suffragan of Monterrey)
1988.11.05: Became suffragan of San Luis Potosí
1997.05.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Matehuala

Contact Info

Address: 16 de septiembre #726 Col. Centro, 79000 - Cd. Valles, S.L.P., Mexico

Phone: (481) 3-82-25-97

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.03.19 – ...):

Bishop Roberto Yenny García (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Valles (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roberto Yenny García (53)
(2020.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Para que tengan vida

Born:	1972.02.08 (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1996.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.06.17

Priest of Tampico (Mexico) (1996.03.19 – 2020.03.19)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (2020.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J. (81)
(2002.04.05 – 2020.03.19)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Valles (Mexico)

Born:	1943.11.20 (Coatzacoalcos, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.05

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (2002.04.05 – 2020.03.19)

Bishop José Guadalupe Galván Galindo
(1994.07.08 – 2000.10.12)

Al servicio del Pueblo de Dios

Born:	1941.08.21 (Cadereyta, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.08.10
Died:	2022.07.16 (Torreón, Mexico † 80)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (1994.07.08 – 2000.10.12)

Bishop of Torreón (Mexico) (2000.10.12 – 2017.09.09)

Bishop Juvencio González Alvarez
(1980.01.08 – 1994.07.08)

Born:	1917.02.28 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.03.19
Died:	1995.07.18 († 78)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (1980.01.08 – 1994.07.08)

Bishop José Melgoza Osorio
(1970.05.18 – 1979.02.05)

Born:	1912.02.17 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.29
Died:	2007.09.04 († 95)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (1970.05.18 – 1979.02.05)

Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico) (1979.02.05 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop Alfonso Reyes Ramos
(1966.11.29 – 1969.07.26)

Born:	1913.06.21 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.02.24
Died:	1969.07.26 († 56)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (1966.11.29 – 1969.07.26)

Bishop Carlos Quintero Arce (later Archbishop)
(1961.03.20 – 1966.03.03)

Born:	1920.02.13 (Etzatlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1944.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.14
Died:	2016.02.15 († 96)

Bishop of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (1961.03.20 – 1966.03.03)

Titular Archbishop of Thysdrus (1966.03.03 – 1968.08.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1966.03.03 – 1968.08.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1968.08.18 – 1996.08.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí

Querétaro (↙), San Luis Potosí (←), Matehuala (↖), Ciudad Victoria (↑), Tampico (↗), Tuxpan (→), Huejutla (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,599 km²

Population: 662,458 Catholics (83.7% of 791,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes

Personnel: 108 priests (98 diocesan, 10 religious), 54 religious (10 brothers, 44 sisters), 18 seminarians