Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis) (erected 20 June 1959). It is centered in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. Along with the Archdiocese of Chihuahua and the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, it lost territory in 1966 to form the Territorial Prelature of Madera.
Diocese of Ciudad Obregón Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis Diócesis de Ciudad Obregón | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Hermosillo |
| Metropolitan | Ciudad Obregón |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 34,125 sq mi (88,380 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,031,000 889,000 (86.2%) |
| Parishes | 58 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 20 June 1959 (61 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Felipe Padilla Cardona |
| Map | |
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Bishops
Ordinaries
- José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda (28 November 1959 – 4 March 1967)
- Miguel González Ibarra (15 July 1967 – 14 November 1981)
- Luis Reynoso Cervantes (15 July 1982 – 17 August 1987), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
- Vicente García Bernal (30 March 1988 – 8 November 2005)
- Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (8 November 2005 – 18 June 2009), appointed Bishop of Texcoco
- Felipe Padilla Cardona (1 October 2009– )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, appointed Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte in 2007
Episcopal See
- Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
External links and references
- "Diocese of Ciudad Obregón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
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