Diocese of Ciudad Obregón
Civitatis Obregonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in southern Sonora, Mexico, erected 20 June 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ciudad Obregon.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1959
- Latin
- Civitatis Obregonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001167
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 889,000
- Population
- 1,031,000
- Catholic share
- 86.2%
- Priests
- 122
- Catholics per priest
- 7,287
- Extent
- 88,383 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10
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
- Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini
- Born
- 15 February 1967
- Birthplace
- Rancho San Diego
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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Ciudad Obregón, 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 Hermosillo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hermosillo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HermosilloAconchi
- Diocese of CuliacánCuliacán
- Diocese of NogalesNogales
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on Ciudad Obregón in Sonora, Mexico, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Obregonensis) was erected on 20 June 1959 and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. In 1966 it ceded territory, together with the Archdiocese of Chihuahua and the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez, toward the creation of the Territorial Prelature of Madera.
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].