Diocese of Ciudad Obregón
Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis
Diócesis de Ciudad Obregón
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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 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 20 June 1959 (65 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop elect | Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis) (erected 20 June 1959). It is centered in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. Along with the Archdiocese of Chihuahua and the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, it yielded territory in 1966 to form the Territorial Prelature of Madera.
27°29′56″N 109°55′48″W / 27.4988°N 109.9301°W / 27.4988; -109.9301
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