Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali

Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico

Diocese of Mexicali Dioecesis Mexicalensis Diócesis de Mexicali

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Tijuana
Metropolitan	Tijuana
Statistics
Area	22,788 sq mi (59,020 km²)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,705,001 1,317,533 (77.3%)
Parishes	51
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 March 1966 (58 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Enrique Sánchez Martínez
Map

Website
http://diocesisdemexicali.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali (Latin: Dioecesis Mexicalensis) (erected 25 March 1966) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Manuel Pérez-Gil y González (1966 - 1984), appointed Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México
José Ulises Macías Salcedo (1984 - 1996), appointed Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora
José Isidro Guerrero Macías (1997 - 2022)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez, appointed Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua in 2011
José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz, appointed Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango in 2015