On Friday, May 22, in the city’s Macroplaza, a celebratory Mass was held to inaugurate the new Diocese of Nogales, Sonora, with Bishop José Leopoldo González González as its first bishop.
This development points to the possibility of more support and coordination among the churches and programs working with migrants and in the communities that receive them. Many people from the area attended the Mass as well as several Catholic bishops, including Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson and Archbishop José Ulises Macias Salcedo from Hermosillo, Sonora.
For more information on the establishment of the new diocese, please see this National Catholic Reporter announcement: http://ncronline.org/news/global/pope-francis-erects-diocese-nogales-mexico-just-south-us
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