Suffragan diocese Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Diocese of Las Cruces
Crucien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1982
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Priests
- 65
- Territory
- 115,211 km²
Parishes and churches
65 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San JuanSan JuanView parish
- San LorenzoSan LorenzoView parish
- San Luis ReyChamberinoView parish
- San Martin de Porres Parish, Inc.Sunland ParkView parish
- San Miguel Parish, Inc.San MiguelView parish
- San Pedro (Del Cerro)VadoView parish
- San YsidroGlencoeMass times recorded
- Santa Clara Parish, Inc.Santa ClaraMass times recorded
- Santa Rosa de Lima Parish, Inc.Las CrucesMass times recorded
- Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Inc.Las CrucesMass times recorded
- St. Albert the Great Newman Parish, Inc.Las CrucesMass times recorded
- St. AnthonyFierroView parish
- St. Anthony Parish, Anthony, Inc.AnthonyMass times recorded
- St. Anthony Parish, Artesia, Inc.ArtesiaView parish
- St. CatherineHagermanView parish
- St. Cecilia Parish, Inc.JalView parish
- St. ClaireEuniceView parish
- St. Edward Parish, Inc.CarlsbadView parish
- St. Eleanor Parish, Inc.RuidosoMass times recorded
- St. Francis de Paula Parish, Inc.TularosaMass times recorded
- St. Genevieve Parish, Inc.Las CrucesMass times recorded
- St. Helena Parish Inc.HobbsMass times recorded
- St. IsidoreGilaView parish
- St. John Parish, Inc.RoswellMass times recorded
- St. JosephPicachoView parish
- St. Joseph Parish, Lordsburg, Inc.LordsburgView parish
- St. Joseph Parish, Mescalero, Inc.MescaleroView parish
- St. JudeCotton CityView parish
- St. Jude Parish, Inc.AlamogordoView parish
- St. Peter Parish, Inc.RoswellMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Baldacchino
- Born
- 5 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Sliema
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Las Cruces, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Southern New Mexico in the United States is served by the Diocese of Las Cruces (Latin: Dioecesis Cruciensis, Spanish: Diócesis de Las Cruces), a suffragan see of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Las Cruces, and Peter Baldacchino is its bishop.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Pope Leo XIV upholds Archbishop Fulton Sheen's legacy ahead of beatification
Pope Leo XIV expressed his hope that the example of Archbishop Fulton Sheen will inspire people to find new ways of spreading the Gospel with joyful enthusiasm. During a general audience on September 23, the pope spoke about the upcoming beatification of the American bishop, which was scheduled for September 24 in St. Louis, Missouri. Archbishop Sheen was a media pioneer known for his 1950s television program "Life is Worth Living" and served as the bishop of Rochester, New York, from 1966 to 1969. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the papal legate, is scheduled to preside at the beatification Mass.
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Bishop Peter Baldacchino attends Southwest Coalition office ribbon cutting
Bishop Peter Baldacchino attended the ribbon cutting for the new Southwest Coalition office on Friday. Deacon Ed also joined the event. Following the office opening, approximately 40 people gathered on Sunday for a Mass kickoff rally in Santa Teresa. Father Theo and Deacon Salazar from JPII assisted with the outdoor Mass.
- Diocese of Las Cruces recruits Lightkeepers
- Diocese of Las Cruces announces August clergy appointments
- Diocese of Las Cruces publishes reflection on Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
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