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Archdiocese of Hermosillo

Hermosillen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Hermosillo is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, with suffragans Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, and Nogales. Founded in 1779 as the Diocese of Sonora and elevated to an archdiocese in 1963, it is led by Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1779
Latin
Hermosillen(sis)
Annuario code
001001592

The see in figures

Catholics
1,003,489
Population
1,100,322
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
91.2%
Priests
110
Catholics per priest
9,123
Extent
90,992 km²
Catholics per km²
11

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

Archbishop
Ruy Rendón Leal
Born
27 October 1953
Birthplace
Cadereyta de Jiménez

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 Assumption stands in Aconchi, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A metropolitan archdiocese located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, the Archdiocese of Hermosillo (Latin: Archidioecesis Hermosillensis) covers 90,959 sq. miles and counted a population of 1,067,051 in 2004. The bishop resides at Hermosillo.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.