Back Bistum Las Cruces German Diócesis de Las Cruces Spanish Diocèse de Las Cruces French Keuskupan Las Cruces ID Diocesi di Las Cruces Italian Kabiskopan Las Cruces JV Bisdom Las Cruces Dutch Diecezja Las Cruces Polish Епархия Лас-Крусеса Russian 天主教拉斯克魯塞斯教區 Chinese
Diocese of Las Cruces | |
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 Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory | 10 counties across Southern New Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santa Fe |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 44,483 sq mi (115,210 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 527,000 139,322 (26.4%) |
| Parishes | 45 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | August 17, 1982 (42 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| Patron saint | Saint Francis of Assisi[1] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Peter Baldacchino |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | John Charles Wester |
| Bishops emeritus | Ricardo Ramirez |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| rcdlc.org | |
The Diocese of Las Cruces (Latin: Dioecesis Las Cruces, Spanish: Diócesis de Las Cruces) is the Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern New Mexico in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
The mother church of the Diocese of Las Cruces is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Las Cruces. As of 2023, the bishop is Peter Baldacchino.