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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón

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Country
  
Mexico

Metropolitan
  
Ciudad Obregón

Phone
  
+52 644 413 2098

Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Hermosillo

Parishes
  
58

Area
  
34,125 sq mi (88,380 km)

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 1,031,000 889,000 (86.2%)

Address
  
Calle Sonora 166, Centro, Fundo Legal, 85000 Cd Obregón, Son., Mexico

Similar
  
Iglesia Señor de Los Milag, Our Lady of the Rosary parish, Parroquia de Santa Teresita d, Notaria de Catedral, PROTEC

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis) (erected 20 June 1959) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. Along with the Archdiocese of Chihuahua and the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, it lost territory in 1966 to form the Territorial Prelature of Madera.

Contents

Ordinaries

  • José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda (1959 -1967)
  • Miguel González Ibarra (1967 -1981)
  • Luis Reynoso Cervantes (1982 -1987)
  • Vicente García Bernal (1988 -2005) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (2005 - )

    • Episcopal See

  • Ciudad Obregón, Sonora

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón Wikipedia
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