Territorial Prelature of Huautla
Huautlen(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Huautla, Mexico
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 October 1972
- Latin
- Huautlen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000268
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 123,500
- Population
- 123,255
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 5,146
- Extent
- 1,284 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 96
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
- Guadalupe Antonio Ruiz Urquin
- Born
- 21 April 1971
- Birthplace
- Tapitula
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
Catedral de San Juan Evangelista stands in Huautla, 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 Antequera (Oaxaca)
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Antequera, OaxacaAntequera, Oaxaca
- Diocese of Puerto EscondidoPuerto Escondido
- Diocese of TehuantepecTehuantepec
- Territorial Prelature of MixesMixes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.