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:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.05.27 – ...):Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (71)Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nogales (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (71)Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.05.27 – ...)

Bishop José Leopoldo González González (69)Bishop José Leopoldo González González (69)
(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 2025.01.03

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