Diocese of Ciudad Obregón
| Diocese of Ciudad Obregón | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hermosillo |
| Diocesan bishop | Felipe Padilla Cardona |
| Vicar General | Demetrio Moreno Santini |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 88,350 km² |
| Parishes | 68 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,400,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,120,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 109 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9.106 |
| Friars | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 136 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Sagrado Corazón de Jesús |
| Website | www.diocesisdeciudadobregon.org |
The diocese of Ciudad Obregón ( Latin Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis , Spanish diócesis de Ciudad Obregón ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciudad Obregon .
history
The diocese Ciudad Obregón was on June 20, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Cum petiisset from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Sonora . On April 25, 1966, the Diocese of Ciudad Obregon were parts of its territory establishing the with the Apostolic Constitution In Christ similitudinem established territorial prelate Madera from.
The diocese of Ciudad Obregón is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Hermosillo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ciudad Obregón
- José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda , 1959-1967
- Miguel González Ibarra , 1967-1981
- Luis Reynoso Cervantes , 1982–1987, then Bishop of Cuernavaca
- Vicente García Bernal , 1988-2005
- Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez , 2005–2009, then Bishop of Texcoco
- Felipe Padilla Cardona , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (Spanish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Ciudad Obregón on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum petiisset , AAS 51 (1959), n.17, p. 892ff.
- ↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. In Christi similitudinem , AAS 58 (1966), n.9, p. 623f.