Diocese of

Nogales

Mexico Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nogales (español) / Nucen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hermosillo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.06.20 – ...):Bishop José Luis Cerra Luna (62)Bishop José Luis Cerra Luna (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nogales (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Luis Cerra Luna (62)Bishop José Luis Cerra Luna (62)
(2025.06.20 – ...)

Bishop of Nogales (Mexico)

Favores celestiales

Born:1963.07.24 (Torreón, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1990.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:2025.09.10

Priest of Matamoros–Reynosa (Mexico) (1990.04.21 – 2025.06.20)

Bishop of Nogales (Mexico) (2025.06.20 – ...)

Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (72)Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.05.27 – 2025.06.20)

Bishop José Leopoldo González González (70)Bishop José Leopoldo González González (70)
(2015.03.19 – 2024.03.19)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Justitia et Pax et Gaudium

Born:1955.02.07 (Cañadas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1984.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:2006.01.25

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1984.05.27 – 2005.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Thuburnica (2005.11.15 – 2015.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2005.11.15 – 2015.03.19)

General Secretary of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2006 – 2009)

Bishop of Nogales (Mexico) (2015.03.19 – 2024.03.19)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2024.03.19 – ...)

Special Churches

Mexicali (←), Tucson (↑), Nuevo Casas Grandes (→), Ciudad Obregón (↘), Hermosillo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 44,244 km²

Population: 404,169 Catholics (71.1% of 568,355 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes

Personnel: 55 priests (49 diocesan, 6 religious), 2 deacons, 62 religious (6 brothers, 56 sisters), 8 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.11.08

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