Diocese of Piedras Negras, Mexico 🇲🇽

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Piedras Negras / Saxanigren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Monterrey

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chihuahua (←), El Paso (↖), San Angelo (↑), San Antonio (→), Laredo (↘), Nuevo Laredo (↘), Saltillo (↓)

Websites:

2003.01.08: Established as Diocese of Piedras Negras / Saxanigren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Saltillo and became suffragan of Monterrey)

Address: Av. Obispado # 107 Col. Tecnológico, 26080 - Piedras Negras, Coah., Mexico

Phone: (878) 7-95-56-01

Bishop (2024.06.08 – ...):

Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (59)

Bishops of Piedras Negras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (59)
(2024.06.08 – ...)

Bishop of Piedras Negras (Mexico)

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1998.08.15 – 2014.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Idicra (2014.03.22 – 2024.06.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2014.03.22 – 2024.06.08)

General Secretary of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2016.04.06 – 2021.11.10)

Bishop of Piedras Negras (Mexico) (2024.06.08 – ...)

Bishop Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño (78)
(2003.01.08 – 2024.06.08)

Bishop emeritus of Piedras Negras (Mexico)

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1972.10.26 – 2003.01.08)

Bishop of Piedras Negras (Mexico) (2003.01.08 – 2024.06.08)

Area: 56,608 km²

Population: 445,500 Catholics (70.7% of 630,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes

Personnel: 76 priests (62 diocesan, 14 religious), 64 religious (15 brothers, 49 sisters), 13 seminarians