Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes
Neograndicasen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abdenago C. García, Chihuahua, Mexico
The Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico, was established as a territorial prelature in 1977 and elevated to a diocese in 2000. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua and has been led by Bishop Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1977
- Latin
- Neograndicasen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
- Annuario code
- 001002429
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 98,993
- Population
- 143,991
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.7%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 2,828
- Extent
- 36,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
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
- Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada
- Born
- 29 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Santa Ana, Namiquipa
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 the Miraculous Medal stands in Abdenago C. García, 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 Chihuahua
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chihuahua.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChihuahuaChihuahua
- Diocese of Ciudad JuárezCiudad Ahumada
- Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–MaderaAnáhuac
- Diocese of ParralParral
- Diocese of TarahumaraTarahumara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua in Mexico, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Latin: Dioecesis Neograndicasensis) began as a territorial prelature in 1977 and was elevated in 2000. Its territory covers an area of 36,320 and holds a population of 149,000, of whom 130,000 are Catholic, served by 37 priests and 45 religious.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.