Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón

Diocese of Ciudad Obregón
Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis
Diócesis de Ciudad Obregón
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Hermosillo
Metropolitan Ciudad Obregón
Statistics
Area 34,125 sq mi (88,380 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,031,000
889,000 (86.2%)
Parishes 58
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 20 June 1959 (56 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez
Metropolitan Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo
Emeritus Bishops Vicente García Bernal

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.

Ordinaries

Episcopal See

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