Archdiocese of Hermosillo

Archdiocese of Hermosillo Archidioecesis Hermosillensis Arquidiócesis de Hermosillo
Catedral de la Ascunsión
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Hermosillo
Metropolitan	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	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 May 1779 (237 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ruy Rendon Leal
Emeritus Bishops	Jose Ulises Macias Salcedo

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 suffragans 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 Nogales.

The Diocese of Hermosillo was originally created as the Diocese of Sonora on . 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.