Diocese of

Nuevo Casas Grandes

Mexico Mexico

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nuevo Casas Grandes / Neograndicasen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chihuahua

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Contact Info

Address: Av. Hidalgo # 105, Centro, 31700 - Nvo. Casas Grandes, Chih., Mexico

Phone: (636) 6-94-05-20

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñónez (62)Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñónez (62)
(2011.10.27 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

In verbo tuo laxabo rete

Born:1961.12.20 (Mexicali, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1987.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:2011.12.15

Priest of Mexicali (Mexico) (1987.12.20 – 2011.10.27)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2011.10.27 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (67)Bishop Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (67)
(2004.05.22 – 2010.12.07)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Born:1957.04.13 (Teocaltiche, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1983.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:2004.08.04

Priest of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1983.09.16 – 2004.05.22)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2004.05.22 – 2010.12.07)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico) (2010.12.07 – ...)

Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M.
(2000.06.03 – 2004.05.22)

Born:1928.01.14 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:1977.07.07
Died:2010.03.04 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Crepedula (1977.04.13 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (1977.04.13 – 2000.06.03)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2000.06.03 – 2004.05.22)

Prelates of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M.
(1977.04.13 – 2000.06.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Churches by City (22)

Ciudad Obregón (↙), Nogales (←), Las Cruces (↑), Ciudad Juárez (→), Chihuahua (↘), Cuauhtémoc–Madera (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 36,320 km²

Population: 141,835 Catholics (81.7% of 173,695 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 40 priests (38 diocesan, 2 religious), 32 religious (2 brothers, 30 sisters), 5 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.08.15

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