Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar

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.

Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar

Praelatura Territorialis Nayariana de Iesu et Maria

Prélature Territoriale de Jesús María del Nayar
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Guadalajara
MetropolitanJesús María, Nayarit
Statistics
Area9,656 sq mi (25,010 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
140,000
128,000 (91.4%)
Parishes15
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 January 1962 (62 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Jesus and Mary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJesús González Hernández, O.F.M.
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Robles Ortega
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