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Diocese of Mexicali

Mexicalen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alberto Oviedo Mota, Baja California, Mexico

The Diocese of Mexicali is a Latin rite see in Baja California, Mexico, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Erected in 1966, it is led by Bishop Enrique Sanchez Martinez, who took office in November 2023.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 March 1966
Latin
Mexicalen(sis)
Patron
Nuestra Señora de Loreto
Annuario code
001002237

The see in figures

Catholics
1,317,533
Population
1,705,001
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
77.3%
Priests
182
Catholics per priest
7,239
Extent
59,021 km²
Catholics per km²
22

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

Bishop
Enrique Sanchez Martinez
Born
2 December 1960
Birthplace
Cuencamé

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 Our Lady of Guadalupe stands in Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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 Tijuana

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tijuana.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Erected on 25 March 1966, the Diocese of Mexicali (Latin: Dioecesis Mexicalensis) is today a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Until 25 November 2006 it had been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of 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.