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Suffragan diocese Nogales, Mexico

Diocese of Nogales

Nucen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Santuario de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, in Nogales, Mexico.

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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.

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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.

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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.