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Diocese of Mexicali

Dioecesis Mexicalensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 March 1966
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tijuana
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Baja California Norte
  • Country: México
  • Square Kilometers: 50,616 (19,550 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Noroeste
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesisdemexicali.org/
  • Mailing Address: Av. Morelos 150, 21100 Mexicali, B.C. Norte, México
  • Telephone: (686)552-40-09
  • Fax: 552-45-96

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 March 1966ErectedArchdiocese of Hermosillo (Puerto Peñasco)
Vicariate Apostolic of Tijuana (Mexicali, San Louis Rio Colorado, parts of Inseñada, and the Island of Angél de la Guarda)
Diocese of Mexicali (erected)
25 November 2006Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Mexicali (from Hermosillo)
26 January 2007Territory LostDiocese of Mexicali (Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Bahía de los Ángeles) and Santísima Trinidad (Valle Trinidad))
Archdiocese of Tijuana (Ensenada, Maneadero, Vicente Ferrer, San Vicente Guerrero, San Quintín Col. Lázaro Cárdenas, El Rosario, Bahía de los Ángeles, Villa Jesús María, Isla de Cedros, Valle de Guadalupe, and Ojos Negros)
Diocese of Ensenada (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966383,467.0%111728010ap1967
1970600,000656,70091.4%35124712,7651416324ap1971
1976685,620761,83190.0%31195013,7122715032ap1977
1980719,178900,00079.9%33255812,3993317733ap1981
19901,349,0001,622,00083.2%60248416,0592815541ap1991
19991,286,4551,524,24984.4%882711511,1865015243ap2000
20001,376,4551,618,15085.1%872210912,62815115149ap2001
20011,085,0821,379,52578.7%96271238,82114515049ap2002
20021,181,9071,521,98477.7%101271289,23314515649ap2003
20031,245,5581,516,84582.1%112281408,89617114449ap2004
20041,317,5331,705,00177.3%1002112110,88815913951ap2005
20131,170,3161,440,00081.3%147161637,17923214155ap2014
20161,120,2701,590,58070.4%167171846,08823513957ap2017
20191,230,8401,735,65070.9%170181886,54732913958ap2020
20211,122,9001,660,92167.6%166161826,16933810960ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 620, to Page 622
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 99, Page 57, to Page 60

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