Cite 52 was guest edited by Rafael Longoria, who, in his article "Monterrey and the Culture of the Northeast," began with the following:
"BEFORE TEXAS was identified with the Southwest, it was part of the Northeast. Saltillo was its capital, and the Bishop of Monterrey shepherded its souls. The creation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares in 1777, which comprised Texas as well as what today are the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas, marked the first official recognition of northeastern Mexico as an entity.
In 1792 the seat of the diocese moved to Monterrey, where the magnificent baroque facade of the bishop's sum mer palace still dominates the landscape from a hill west of downtown. From that point on, Monterrey emerged as the leading city of the Northeast, a role that lias grown and evolved significantly over the last two centuries."
Kent Baxter; Juan M. Casas; Stephen Fox; Lisa Gray; Richard Howard; Claudia Kolker; Leo Linbeck III; Rafael Longoria; Sergio Martinez; Dolores Martinez; James Mayeux; Susan Rogers; Armando V. Flores Salazar; Christof Spieler; and Bruce Webb.