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Diocese of Torreón
Dioecesis Torreonensis
Diócesis de Torreón
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Carmen
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Durango
MetropolitanTorreón
Statistics
Area8,679 sq mi (22,480 km)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
867,543
694,034 (80%)
Parishes66
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established19 June 1957 (67 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLuis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado
Map
Website
www.diocesisdetorreon.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón (Latin: Dioecesis Torreonensis) (erected 19 June 1957) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango.

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

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