Monsignor Enrique Sanchez Martinez has been named the Bishop of the Diocese of Mexicali.

Pope Francis named Monsignor Sanchez Martinez to be head of the Roman Catholic Diocese on September 11, 2023. Sanchez Martinez has served as Bishop of Nuevo Laredo since 2016. He will take over the Mexicali Diocese that was led by the late Bishop Jose Isidro Guerrero Macias who died in February 2022 from COVID. The consecration Mass will be held November 7, 2023 at the Mexicali Cathedral.