Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes Dioecesis Neograndicasensis Diócesis de Nuevo Casas Grandes |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Chihuahua |
Metropolitan | Nuevo Casas Grandes |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,028 sq mi (36,330 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 143,991 98,993 (68.7%) |
Parishes | 13 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 April 1977 (40 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Miraculous Medal |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Constancio Miranda Weckmann |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Latin: Dioecesis Neograndicasensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, in Mexico. It was created as a territorial prelature in 1977 and elevated in 2000. It has an area of 36,320, a population of 149,000, a Catholic population of 130,000, 37 priests, and 45 religious.