Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic
Diocese of Tepic Dioecesis Tepicensis Diócesis de Tepic | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholic | |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 23 June 1891 (132 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Luis Artemio Flores Calzada |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Robles Ortega |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic (
Archdiocese of Guadalajara in western Mexico
.
Its
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Talpa, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in Talpa de Allende, Jalisco
.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,168,480 Catholics (88.1% of 1,325,985 total) on 22,777 km² in 92 parishes and 36 missions with 214 priests (207 diocesan, 7 religious), 205 lay religious (11 brothers, 194 sisters) and 54 seminarians.
History
It was erected 23 June 1891 as Diocese of Tepic / Tepicen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the
Archdiocese of Guadalajara
.
Bishops
(all Roman Rite)
Episcopal ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Tepic
- Ignacio Díaz y Macedo (1893.01.19 – death 1905.06.14)
- Andrés Segura y Domínguez (1906.08.06 – death 1918.08.13)
- Manuel Azpeitia Palomar (1919.08.10 – death 1935.03.01)
- Cissa(1970.07.13 – resigned 1970.12.31); died 1972
- Auxiliary Bishop: José Manuel Piña Torres (1958.05.12 – retired 1970.05.16), Titular Bishop of Milevum(1958.05.12 – death 1997.07.07)
- Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario(1994.11.26 – death 2008.03.22)
- Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota (1981.01.12 – retired 2008.02.21), died 2017
- México (City) (Mexico) (1980.05.27 – 1989.11.06), Bishop of Nuevo Laredo(Mexico) (1989.11.06 – 2008.02.21)
- Luis Artemio Flores Calzada (30 March 2012 – ...), previously Bishop of Valle de Chalco (Mexico) (2003.07.08 – 2012.03.30).
Auxiliary bishop
- José Manuel Piña Torres (1958-1970)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Mario Espinosa Contreras, appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla in 1996
- Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2009
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses in Mexico
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Tepic
References
Sources and external links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic.
- GCatholic, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections
- Tehuantepec - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- "Diocese of Tepic". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.