The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gómez Palacio ( la, Dioecesis Gomez-Palaciensis) is located in

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. It is a suffragan diocese of the

Archdiocese of Durango The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango ( la, Archidioecesis Durangensis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. Based in the city of Durango, it is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán and Torreón as ...

from which it was erected by

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in 2008.

Ordinaries

* José Guadalupe Torres Campos (2008–2014), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua *

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(2015-2018) * Jorge Estrada Solórzano (2019-)

Episcopal See

Gómez Palacio, Durango Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, adjacent to the border of the state of Coahuila. The city is named in honor of former Durango governor, Francisco Gómez Palacio y Bravo. As of 2010, the ...

External links and references

* Gomez Palacio Gomez Palacio, Roman Catholic Diocese of Gomez Palacio Gomez Palacio {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub