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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.

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:

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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Sources

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.