Suffragan diocese Nogales, Mexico
Diocese of Nogales
Nucen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in northern Sonora, Mexico, erected 19 March 2015 from territory of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Catedral Santuario de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in Nogales. Its second bishop, Jose Luis Cerra Luna, was appointed on 20 June 2025.
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- Established
- 2015
- Catholics
- 404,169
- Priests
- 55
- Territory
- 44,243 km²
Parishes and churches
33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa EduwigesNogalesView parish
- Santa María de GuadalupeSanta CruzView parish
- Señor San JoséNogalesView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Luis Cerra Luna
- Born
- 24 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Torreón
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The cathedral
Catedral Santuario de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe stands in Nogales, 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
Split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hermosillo in 2015, the Diocese of Nogales remains a suffragan of that see. Its cathedral is the Catedral Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in the city of Nogales, a municipal seat in the Mexican state of Sonora.