Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar Praelatura Territorialis Nayariana de Iesu et Maria Prélature Territoriale de Jesús María del Nayar |
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guadalajara |
Metropolitan | Jesús María, Nayarit |
Statistics | |
Area | 9,656 sq mi (25,010 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 140,000 128,000 (91.4%) |
Parishes | 15 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 January 1962 (55 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Jesus and Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Robles Ortega |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar) (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Nayariana de Iesu et Maria) (erected 13 January 1962) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara in Mexico. The episcopal see is in Jesús María, Nayarit.
Coordinates: 20°40′39″N 104°17′03″W / 20.67750°N 104.28417°W