Diocese of Mexicali, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mexicali / Mexicalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tijuana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.03.25: Established as Diocese of Mexicali / Mexicalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tijuana and became suffragan of Hermosillo)
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of Tijuana
2007.01.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ensenada

Contact Info

Address: Morelos #192, Centro, 21100 - Mexicali, B.C., Mexico

Phone: (686) 5-52-40-09

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.11 – ...):

Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mexicali (Roman Rite)

Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez (64)
(2023.09.11 – ...)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico)

Videns eum misericordia motus est

Born:	1960.12.02 (Cuencamé, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.10.10

Priest of Durango (Mexico) (1986.06.29 – 2008.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Thamugadi (2008.07.21 – 2015.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (2008.07.21 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2015.11.16 – 2023.09.11)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico) (2023.09.11 – ...)

Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.02.25 – 2023.09.11)

Bishop José Isidro Guerrero Macías
(1997.05.31 – 2022.02.23)

Omnia in Christo

Born:	1951.05.31 (Iraguato, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1973.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.17
Died:	2022.02.23 (Mexicali, Mexico † 70)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico) (1997.05.31 – 2022.02.23)

Bishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo (84) (later Archbishop)
(1984.06.14 – 1996.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hermosillo (Mexico)

Vinculum amoris et unitatis

Born:	1940.10.29 (León, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.07.29

Priest of León (Mexico) (1966.04.10 – 1984.06.14)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico) (1984.06.14 – 1996.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1996.08.20 – 2016.04.26)

Bishop Manuel Pérez-Gil y González (later Archbishop)
(1966.07.18 – 1984.03.30)

Born:	1921.01.13 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.18
Died:	1996.02.14 († 75)

Bishop of Mexicali (Mexico) (1966.07.18 – 1984.03.30)

Bishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1984.03.30 – 1989.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) (1989.06.17 – 1996.02.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Mexicali, Baja California

Churches by City (94)

Ensenada (↙), Tijuana (←), San Diego (↑), Tucson (↗), Nogales (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 50,616 km²

Population: 1,141,100 Catholics (67.6% of 1,687,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes, 49 missions

Personnel: 183 priests (169 diocesan, 14 religious), 3 deacons, 131 religious (35 brothers, 96 sisters), 39 seminarians

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