Suffragan diocese Alberto Oviedo Mota, Baja California, Mexico
Diocese of Mexicali
Mexicalen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 1,317,533
- Priests
- 182
- Territory
- 59,021 km²
Parishes and churches
91 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Enrique Sanchez Martinez
- Born
- 2 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Cuencamé
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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.
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.