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
(All Roman Rite)
Prelate of Nuevo Casas Grandes
- Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. (1977 – 2000) see below
Bishops of Nuevo Casas Grandes
- Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. (2000 – 2004), retired
- Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (2004 – 2010), appointed Bishop of Tabasco
- Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez (2011 – 2023), appointed Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa[1]
- Víctor Melchor Quintana Quezada (2025 – Present)
Episcopal See
- Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
External links and references
- "Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-04.