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Diocese of Las Cruces
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The Diocese of Las Cruces is a Latin Rite see covering ten counties in southern New Mexico, erected in 1982 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Bishop Peter Baldacchino has led the diocese since 2019.
- Bishop
- Most Rev. Peter Baldacchino
- Latin name
- Crucien(sis)
- Erected
- 17 August 1982
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Patron
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Santa Fe (Archdiocese of Santa Fe)
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Chancery
- 1280 Med Park Dr., Las Cruces, NM 88005, U.S.A.
- Telephone
- Tel. [575]523-7577; fax 524-3874
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Parral MX 64 km
- El Paso 66 km
- Ciudad Juárez MX 68 km
- Nuevo Casas Grandes MX 237 km
- Santa Fe 385 km
- Tucson 395 km
Parishes near the see
- St. Genevieve Parish, Inc. · Las Cruces 2 km
- Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Inc. · Las Cruces 2 km
- Our Lady of Health Parish, Inc. · Las Cruces 3 km
- St. Albert the Great Newman Parish, Inc. · Las Cruces 3 km
- Holy Cross Parish, Inc. · Las Cruces 3 km
- San Albino Parish, Inc. · Mesilla 3 km
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Sources: official site + Wikipedia,annuario · Annuario code 001001961 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-07