Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Mexicali
Latin:	Dioecesis Mexicalensis
Local:	Diócesis de Mexicali
Country:	Mexico
Metropolitan:	Tijuana
Province:	Archdiocese of Tijuana
Area Sqmi:	22,788
Population:	1,705,001
Population As Of:	2004
Catholics:	1,317,533
Catholics Percent:	77.3
Parishes:	51
Denomination:	Roman Catholic
Rite:	Roman Rite
Established:	25 March 1966 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Bishop:	Enrique Sánchez Martínez
Map:	Diócesis de Mexicali.svg
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

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
2007		Diocese of Ensenada

Episcopal See

• Mexicali, Baja California

External links and references

• Web site: Diocese of Mexicali. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2007-02-08.