Diocese of

Ciudad Obregón

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ciudad Obregón / Civitatis Obregonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hermosillo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Hermosillo (↖), Nogales (↑), Nuevo Casas Grandes (↗), Cuauhtémoc–Madera (→), Tarahumara (→), Culiacán (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1959.06.20: Established as Diocese of Ciudad Obregón / Civitatis Obregonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Sonora and became suffragan of Chihuahua)
1963.07.13: Became suffragan of Hermosillo
1966.04.25: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Madera
1982.10.07: Gained territory from Territorial Prelature of Madera

Contact Info

Address: Sonora #166 Nte. Col Centro, 85000 - Cd. Obregón, Son., Mexico

Phone: (644) 4-13-20-98

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.09.15 – ...):

Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (59)

Monsignors (6)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ciudad Obregón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (59)
(2020.09.15 – ...)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

Hágase en mí según tu voluntad / Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1967.02.15 (Rancho San Diego, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1993.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.03

Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1993.06.29 – 2013.12.06)

Titular Bishop of Satafis (2013.12.06 – 2020.09.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (2013.12.06 – 2020.09.15)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (2020.09.15 – ...)

Bishop Felipe Padilla Cardona (81)
(2009.10.01 – 2020.09.15)

Bishop emeritus of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico)

Born:	1945.05.01 (León, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.17

Priest of León (Mexico) (1973.06.10 – 1992.02.15)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1992.02.15 – 1996.08.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (1996.08.26 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop of Tehuantepec (Mexico) (2000.11.25 – 2009.10.01)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (2009.10.01 – 2020.09.15)

Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez (76)
(2005.11.08 – 2009.06.18)

Bishop emeritus of Texcoco (Mexico)

Somos del Señor

Born:	1950.01.27 (Santo Domingo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.24

Priest of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1974.07.01 – 2001.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Reperi (2001.05.23 – 2005.11.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico) (2001.05.23 – 2005.11.08)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (2005.11.08 – 2009.06.18)

Bishop of Texcoco (Mexico) (2009.06.18 – 2025.08.21)

Bishop Vicente García Bernal
(1988.03.30 – 2005.11.08)

Born:	1929.04.05 (Fresnillo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1953.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.24
Died:	2017.11.26 (Ciudad Obregón, Mexico † 88)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1988.03.30 – 2005.11.08)

Bishop Luis Reynoso Cervantes
(1982.07.15 – 1987.08.17)

Born:	1926.09.21 (Azcapotzalco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1950.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.05.31
Died:	2000.12.21 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ (1978.04.13 – 1982.07.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1978.04.13 – 1982.07.15)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1982.07.15 – 1987.08.17)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1987.08.17 – 2000.12.21)

Bishop Miguel González Ibarra
(1967.07.15 – 1981.11.14)

Born:	1918.09.29 (Tlaquepaque, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1945.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.28
Died:	1991.08.11 († 72)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1945.03.31 – 1961.03.20)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (1961.03.20 – 1967.07.15)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1967.07.15 – 1981.11.14)

Bishop José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda
(1959.11.28 – 1967.03.04)

Born:	1918.03.29 (Rio Grande, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.02.25
Died:	1967.03.04 († 48)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1959.11.28 – 1967.03.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
Former Cathedral: Santuario Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora

Hermosillo (↖), Nogales (↑), Nuevo Casas Grandes (↗), Cuauhtémoc–Madera (→), Tarahumara (→), Culiacán (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 88,350 km²

Population: 866,140 Catholics (80.0% of 1,083,309 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes, 27 missions

Personnel: 127 priests (111 diocesan, 16 religious), 3 deacons, 143 religious (28 brothers, 115 sisters), 23 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.07.14

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