Suffragan diocese Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Diocese of Ciudad Obregón
Civitatis Obregonen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 889,000
- Priests
- 122
- Territory
- 88,383 km²
Parishes and churches
101 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeSahuaripaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeYécoraView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeFundición, Municipio de NavojoaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeEjido Melchor Ocampo, HuatabampoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeEl QuiriegoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la MercedCiudad ObregónView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LoretoBacadéhuachiView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LoretoVilla Pesqueira (Mátape)View parish
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesCiudad ObregónView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenSan Ignacio Río MuertoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenNavojoaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCiudad ObregónView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenYavaros, Municipio de HuatabampoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroGuaymasView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroCiudad ObregónView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RefugioCiudad ObregónMass times recorded
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioTesopacoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioMoctezumaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioCiudad ObregónView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioCiudad ObregónView parish
- Padre CelestialCiudad ObregónView parish
- Purísima ConcepciónÁlamosView parish
- Purísima ConcepciónEsperanzaView parish
- Sagrada FamiliaCiudad ObregónView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsGuaymasView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsEsperanzaView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsNavojoaView parish
- Sagrados Corazones de Jesús y MaríaHuatabampoView parish
- San Carlos BorromeoSan Carlos, Nvo. GuaymasView parish
- San FernandoGuaymasView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini
- Born
- 15 February 1967
- Birthplace
- Rancho San Diego
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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.
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.