Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hermosillo

Archdiocese of Hermosillo

Archidioecesis Hermosillensis

Arquidiócesis de Hermosillo
Catedral de la Ascunsión
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Hermosillo
Statistics
Area35,132 sq mi (90,990 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,100,322
1,003,489 (91.2%)
Parishes58
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established7 May 1779 (245 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopRuy Rendon Leal
Bishops emeritusJose Ulises Macias Salcedo
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The Archdiocese of Hermosillo (Latin: Archidioecesis Hermosillensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Its area is 90,959 sq. miles, and its population (2004) 1,067,051. The bishop resides at Hermosillo.

The Archdiocese of Hermosillo is a Metropolitan Archdiocese. Until 2006, its suffragan dioceses were the dioceses of Ciudad Obregón, La Paz, Mexicali and Tijuana but on November 26, 2006, Tijuana became an archdiocese and Metropolitan while Mexicali and La Paz became suffragan dioceses of the latter. Currently, the Archdiocese of Hermosillo has three suffragan dioceses: Ciudad Obregón and Culiacán, and the newly created (in 2015) Nogales.

The Diocese of Hermosillo was originally created as the Diocese of Sonora on May 7, 1779. On September 1, 1959 the name was changed to Diocese of Hermosillo; it was elevated to Archdiocese on July 13, 1963.

The current Archbishop of Hermosillo is Ruy Rendon Leal.

The Archdiocese is headed in Hermosillo Cathedral.