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Archdiocese of Hermosillo Archidioecesis Hermosillensis Arquidiócesis de Hermosillo | |
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 Catedral de la Ascunsión | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Hermosillo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 35,132 sq mi (90,990 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,100,322 1,003,489 (91.2%) |
| Parishes | 58 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 7 May 1779 (245 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Ruy Rendon Leal |
| Bishops emeritus | Jose 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[update] Archbishop of Hermosillo is Ruy Rendon Leal.
The Archdiocese is headed in Hermosillo Cathedral.