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Metropolitan see Aconchi, Sonora, Mexico

Archdiocese of Hermosillo

Hermosillen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Hermosillo is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, with suffragans Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, and Nogales. Founded in 1779 as the Diocese of Sonora and elevated to an archdiocese in 1963, it is led by Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal.

On the map

Esri
Aconchi, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1779
Catholics
1,003,489
Priests
110
Territory
90,992 km²

Parishes and churches

60 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Ruy Rendón Leal
Born
27 October 1953
Birthplace
Cadereyta de Jiménez

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption stands in Aconchi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A metropolitan archdiocese located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, the Archdiocese of Hermosillo (Latin: Archidioecesis Hermosillensis) covers 90,959 sq. miles and counted a population of 1,067,051 in 2004. The bishop resides at Hermosillo.