Diocese of Mexicali
Mexicalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alberto Oviedo Mota, Baja California, Mexico
The Diocese of Mexicali is a Latin rite see in Baja California, Mexico, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Erected in 1966, it is led by Bishop Enrique Sanchez Martinez, who took office in November 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 March 1966
- Latin
- Mexicalen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de Loreto
- Annuario code
- 001002237
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,317,533
- Population
- 1,705,001
- Catholic share
- 77.3%
- Priests
- 182
- Catholics per priest
- 7,239
- Extent
- 59,021 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Enrique Sanchez Martinez
- Born
- 2 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Cuencamé
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands in Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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.
The province of Tijuana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tijuana.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TijuanaAlemán
- Diocese of EnsenadaBahía de los Ángeles
- Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California SurLa Paz en la Baja California Sur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 25 March 1966, the Diocese of Mexicali (Latin: Dioecesis Mexicalensis) is today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Until 25 November 2006 it had been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].