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Suffragan territorial prelature Huautla, Mexico

Territorial Prelature of Huautla

Huautlen(sis)

Latin rite territorial prelature in the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected 8 October 1972. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antequera (Oaxaca). The prelature serves a largely indigenous Mazatec population.

On the map

Esri
Huautla, Mexico, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1972
Catholics
123,500
Priests
24
Territory
1,284 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Guadalupe Antonio Ruiz Urquin
Born
21 April 1971
Birthplace
Tapitula

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Juan Evangelista stands in Huautla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A missionary territory of the Latin Church in Mexico, the Territorial Prelature of Huautla (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Huautlensis) was erected on 8 October 1972 and stands as a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan see of Antequera.