Diocese of Tepic
Tepicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tepic, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tepic, capital of Nayarit, Mexico, erected on 23 June 1891. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara and its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1891
- Latin
- Tepicen(sis)
- Patron
- Notre-Dame du Rosaire
- Annuario code
- 001003200
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,168,480
- Population
- 1,139,584
- Priests
- 238
- Catholics per priest
- 4,910
- Extent
- 22,784 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Engelberto Polino Sanchez
- Born
- 14 March 1966
- Birthplace
- Teuchitlán
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Tepic, 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.
The province of Guadalajara
A suffragan of Guadalajara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuadalajaraAhualulco de Mercado
- Diocese of AguascalientesAguascalientes
- Diocese of AutlánAhuacapán
- Diocese of Ciudad GuzmánCiudad Guzmán
- Diocese of ColimaAlcaraces
- Diocese of Jesús MaríaGuadalupe Ocotán
- Diocese of San Juan de los LagosSan Juan de los Lagos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In western Mexico, the Diocese of Tepic (Latin: Dioecesis Tepicensis) is a Latin suffragan see within the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Its cathedral, the Catedral de la Purísima Concepción, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, stands in Tepic, capital of Nayarit state, and the diocese also holds a minor basilica, the Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Talpa, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in Talpa de Allende, Jalisco.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].