Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes

Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes

*Dioecesis Neograndicasensis*

Diócesis de Nuevo Casas Grandes
Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes; Dioecesis Neograndicasensis; Diócesis de Nuevo Casas Grandes
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 (47 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Miraculous Medal
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Constancio Miranda Weckmann
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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.

Ordinaries

Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. (1977–2004) - Bishop Emeritus; died in 2010
Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (2004–2010) - Transferred by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, to be the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico
Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez (2011–Present), appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, on Thursday, October 27, 2011; formerly a Monsignor and a pastor in the clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali, Mexico; he was born in Mexicali in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1987; he has served as Diocesan Assistant to the Christian Family Movement, and as Secretary and Chancellor of the Diocesan Curia.^[1]