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Suffragan diocese Agua Verde, Sinaloa, Mexico

Diocese of Mazatlán

Mazatlanen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in Sinaloa, Mexico, established on November 22, 1958, and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mazatlan.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Basilica de la Inmaculada Concepcion, in Agua Verde, Mexico.

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Established
1958
Catholics
711,691
Priests
91
Territory
19,112 km²

Parishes and churches

45 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Mario Espinosa Contreras
Born
22 November 1949
Birthplace
Tepic

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The cathedral

Catedral Basilica de la Inmaculada Concepcion stands in Agua Verde, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Erected in 1958, the Diocese of Mazatlán (Latin: Dioecesis Mazatlanensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango. In 1968, both the diocese and the archdiocese ceded territory for the creation of the Territorial Prelature of El Salto.