Diocese of

Nuevo Casas Grandes

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nuevo Casas Grandes / Neograndicasen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chihuahua

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad Obregón (↙), Nogales (←), Las Cruces (↑), Ciudad Juárez (→), Chihuahua (↘), Cuauhtémoc–Madera (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1977.04.13: Established as Territorial Prelature of Nuevo Casas Grandes / Neograndicasen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ciudad Juárez and became suffragan of Chihuahua)
2000.06.03: Promoted as Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes / Neograndicasen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Av. Hidalgo # 105, Centro, 31700 - Nvo. Casas Grandes, Chih., Mexico

Phone: (636) 6-94-05-20

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.01.25 – ...):

Bishop Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada (56)
(2025.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico)

Sufficit tibi gratia mea

Born:	1969.07.29 (Santa Ana, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1996.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.03.25

Priest of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1996.09.16 – 2025.01.25)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2025.01.25 – ...)

Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñónez (64)
(2011.10.27 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

In verbo tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1961.12.20 (Mexicali, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1987.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.12.15

Priest of Mexicali (Mexico) (1987.12.20 – 2011.10.27)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2011.10.27 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (68)
(2004.05.22 – 2010.12.07)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico)

Tu gracia me basta

Born:	1957.04.13 (Teocaltiche, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1983.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.08.04

Priest of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1983.09.16 – 2004.05.22)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2004.05.22 – 2010.12.07)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico) (2010.12.07 – ...)

Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M.
(2000.06.03 – 2004.05.22)

Born:	1928.01.14 (México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1950.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.07.07
Died:	2010.03.04 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Crepedula (1977.04.13 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (1977.04.13 – 2000.06.03)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2000.06.03 – 2004.05.22)

Prelates of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M.
(1977.04.13 – 2000.06.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Medalla Milagrosa, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua

Churches by City (22)

Ciudad Obregón (↙), Nogales (←), Las Cruces (↑), Ciudad Juárez (→), Chihuahua (↘), Cuauhtémoc–Madera (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 36,320 km²

Population: 141,835 Catholics (81.7% of 173,695 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 40 priests (38 diocesan, 2 religious), 32 religious (2 brothers, 30 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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