Territorial Prelature of El Salto

Praelatura Territorialis Saltensis in Mexico

Prelatura Territorial de El Salto
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Durango
MetropolitanEl Salto, Durango
Statistics
Area13,905 sq mi (36,010 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
370,000
314,000 (84.9%)
Parishes15
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 June 1968 (55 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PrelateJuan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Salto (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Saltensis in Mexico) (erected 10 June 1968) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango.

Ordinaries

  • Francisco Medina Ramírez, o.c.d. (19731988)
  • Manuel Mireles Vaquera (19882005) - Prelate Emeritus
  • Ruy Rendón Leal (2005–2011), appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas
  • Juan María Huerta Muro, o.f.m. (since 2012)

Episcopal See

  • "Territorial Prelature of El Salto". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-11.



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