Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Tepic | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Tepicensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Tepic |
Country: | Mexico |
Metropolitan: | Guadalajara |
Province: | Province of Guadalajara |
Area Sqmi: | 8,797 |
Population: | 1,139,584 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 1,107,800 |
Catholics Percent: | 97.2 |
Parishes: | 78 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 23 June 1891 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Metro Archbishop: | Francisco Robles Ortega |
Map: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic in Mexico.jpg |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic (Latin: Dioecesis Tepicensis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara in western Mexico.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de la Purísima Concepción, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Tepic, the capital of Nayarit state. It also has a Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Talpa, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in Talpa de Allende, Jalisco.
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.
It was erected 23 June 1891 as Diocese of Tepic / Tepicen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
(all Roman Rite)