Suffragan territorial prelature Mixes, Mexico
Territorial Prelature of Mixes
Mixepolitan(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite territorial prelature in the Sierra Mixe of Oaxaca, Mexico, erected 21 December 1964. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antequera (Oaxaca) and serves a largely indigenous Mixe population. It has long been entrusted to the Salesians of Don Bosco.
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- Established
- 1964
- Catholics
- 128,000
- Priests
- 34
- Territory
- 10,000 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia de AyutlaAyutla · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia de ArenalArenalView parish
- Parroquia de ChoapamChoapamView parish
- Parroquia de CotzocónCotzocónView parish
- Parroquia de Felipe AngelesFelipe AngelesView parish
- Parroquia de Francisco VillaFrancisco VillaView parish
- Parroquia de IxcuintepecIxcuintepecView parish
- Parroquia de JuquilaJuquilaView parish
- Parroquia de Las PalmasLas PalmasView parish
- Parroquia de MatagallinasMatagallinasView parish
- Parroquia de MazatlanMazatlanView parish
- Parroquia de PuxmetacanPuxmetacanView parish
- Parroquia de Rio MansoRio MansoView parish
- Parroquia de San Juan Del RioSan Juan Del RioView parish
- Parroquia de San Miguel QuetzaltepecSan Miguel QuetzaltepecView parish
- Parroquia de TlahuitoltepecTlahuitoltepecView parish
- Parroquia de TotontepecTotontepecView parish
- Parroquia de ZacatepecZacatepecView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Salvador Cleofas Murguia Villalobos, S.D.B.
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The cathedral
St. Peter und Paul in Ayutla stands in Mixes, 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 Mixes (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Mixepolitanus) belongs to the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera. Its name honors both the city of San Juan Juquila Mixes and the Mixe people, and its episcopal see is at Ayutla.