Territorial Prelature of Huautla, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Huautla / Huautlen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Antequera

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1972.10.08: Established as Territorial Prelature of Huautla / Huautlen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera and became suffragan of Antequera)
1979.01.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tuxtepec

Contact Info

Address: Casa Prelaticia, Calle 5 de Feb. #15, 68500 - Huautla de Jiménez, Oax, Mexico

Phone: (236) 3-78-00-19

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2020.06.27 – ...):

Bishop Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín (53)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Huautla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín (53)
(2020.06.27 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico)

Born:	1971.04.21 (Tapitula, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1997.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.09.24

Priest of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1997.03.19 – 2020.06.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico) (2020.06.27 – ...)

Bishop José Armando Álvarez Cano (65) (later Archbishop)
(2011.11.03 – 2019.05.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico)
Bishop emeritus of Tampico (Mexico)

Born:	1960.01.30 (Jiquilpan, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1986.02.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.01.30

Priest of Zamora (Mexico) (1986.02.08 – 2011.11.03)

Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico) (2011.11.03 – 2019.05.11)

Bishop of Tampico (Mexico) (2019.05.11 – 2025.01.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2025.01.25 – ...)

Bishop Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez (70)
(2005.10.15 – 2011.01.07)

Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico)

In nomine Domini

Born:	1954.09.12 (Tamuin, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1979.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.01.17

Priest of Ciudad Valles (Mexico) (1979.01.17 – 2005.10.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico) (2005.10.15 – 2011.01.07)

Bishop of Nezahualcóyotl (Mexico) (2011.01.07 – ...)

Bishop Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J.
(1975.01.04 – 2005.10.15)

Born:	1929.04.13 (México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.03.19
Died:	2022.01.29 (Querétaro, Mexico † 92)

Apostolic Administrator of Huautla (Mexico) (1972 – 1975.01.04)

Titular Bishop of Santa Giusta (1975.01.04 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Huautla (Mexico) (1975.01.04 – 2005.10.15)

Fr. Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez, M.J. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1972 – 1975.01.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de San Juan Evangelista, Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca

Huajuapan de León (←), Tehuacán (↖), Córdoba (↑), Tuxtepec (→), Antequera (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,284 km²

Population: 120,700 Catholics (88.4% of 136,601 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes

Personnel: 24 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 8 religious (8 sisters), 3 seminarians