Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali
Appearance
Diocese of Mexicali Dioecesis Mexicalensis Diócesis de Mexicali | |
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe | |
Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Tijuana |
Metropolitan | Tijuana |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,788 sq mi (59,020 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,705,001 1,317,533 (77.3%) |
Parishes | 51 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 March 1966 (58 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Enrique Sánchez Martínez |
Map | |
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Website | |
http://diocesisdemexicali.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali (Latin: Dioecesis Mexicalensis) (erected 25 March 1966) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Manuel Pérez-Gil y González (1966 - 1984), appointed Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México
- José Ulises Macías Salcedo (1984 - 1996), appointed Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora
- José Isidro Guerrero Macías (1997 - 2022)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez, appointed Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua in 2011
- José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz, appointed Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango in 2015
Territorial losses
Year | Along with | To form |
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2007 | Archdiocese of Tijuana | Diocese of Ensenada |
Episcopal See
External links and references
- "Diocese of Mexicali". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-08.