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.
- Santa María de GuadalupeCócoritView parish
- Santa María del Perpetuo SocorroNavojoaView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaBácumView parish
- Santa RosalíaArivechiView parish
- Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsCiudad ObregónView parish
- Santo Niño de AtochaCiudad ObregónView parish
- Santuario de GuadalupeGuaymasView parish
- Santuario de GuadalupeCiudad ObregónView parish
- Señor de los MilagrosCiudad ObregónView parish
- Templo de la Santísima TrinidadPotamView parish
- Templo del Espíritu SantoEsperanzaView 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.