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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes

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Parishes
  
13

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Mexico

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
36,332 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 143,991 98,993 (68.7%)

Established
  
13 April 1977 (39 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Miraculous Medal

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Constancio Miranda Weckmann

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Nuevo Casas Grandes

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Latin: Dioecesis Neograndicasensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, in Mexico. It was created as a territorial prelature in 1977 and elevated in 2000. It has an area of 36,320, a population of 149,000, a Catholic population of 130,000, 37 priests, and 45 religious.

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Ordinaries

  • Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. (1977–2004) - Bishop Emeritus; died in 2010
  • Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (2004–2010) - Transferred by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, to be the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico
  • Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez, (2011–Present), appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, on Thursday, October 27, 2011; formerly a Monsignor and a pastor in the clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali, Mexico; he was born in Mexicali in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1987; he has served as Diocesan Assistant to the Christian Family Movement, and as Secretary and Chancellor of the Diocesan Curia.

    • Episcopal See

  • Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes Wikipedia
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