Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ciudad Juárez / Civitatis Iuarezen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chihuahua

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.04.10: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Juárez / Civitatis Iuarezen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chihuahua and became suffragan of Durango)
1958.11.22: Became suffragan of Chihuahua
1963.10.15: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chihuahua
1966.04.25: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Madera
1977.04.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes

Contact Info

Address: Mejía y Perú s/n Col. Partido Romero, 32000- Cd. Juárez, Chih., Mexico

Phone: (656) 6-15-09-22

Papal Visits

Pope Francis (2016.02)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.12.20 – ...):

Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Juárez (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos (64)
(2014.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Haced lo que Él les os

Born:	1960.01.19 (León, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1984.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.22

Priest of León (Mexico) (1984.07.02 – 2005.12.10)

Titular Bishop of Quiza (2005.12.10 – 2008.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (2005.12.10 – 2008.11.25)

Bishop of Gómez Palacio (Mexico) (2008.11.25 – 2014.12.20)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (2014.12.20 – ...)

Bishop Renato Ascencio León
(1994.10.07 – 2014.12.20)

In nomine Domini

Born:	1939.05.11 (León, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.08.30
Died:	2022.06.27 (León, Mexico † 83)

Bishop-Prelate of Madera (Mexico) (1988.07.19 – 1994.10.07)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1994.10.07 – 2014.12.20)

Bishop Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (91) (later Cardinal)
(1992.07.11 – 1994.04.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Servus

Born:	1933.03.28 (Yahualica, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1957.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.30
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1957.10.27 – 1988.03.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1988.03.03 – 1992.07.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1992.07.11 – 1994.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1994.04.21 – 2011.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia (1994.11.26 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Talamás Camandari
(1957.05.21 – 1992.07.11)

Born:	1917.06.16 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.09.08
Died:	2005.05.10 († 87)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1957.05.21 – 1992.07.11)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (91) (later Cardinal) (1988.03.03 – 1992.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos (64) (2005.12.10 – 2008.11.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (76)

Nuevo Casas Grandes (←), Las Cruces (↑), El Paso (↗), Chihuahua (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 29,639 km²

Population: 1,353,700 Catholics (79.6% of 1,701,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 77 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 124 priests (104 diocesan, 20 religious), 19 deacons, 161 religious (25 brothers, 136 sisters), 37 seminarians