Territorial Prelature of

El Salto

Mexico Mexico

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature Territorial Prelature

Name: El Salto / Salten(sis) in Mexico (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Durango

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Contact Info

Address: Mons. Francisco Medina # 382, Col. Álvaro Obregóno, 34950 - El Salto, Dgo., Mexico

Phone: (675) 8-76-01-26

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2012.02.02 – ...):Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (62)Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (62)

Ordinaries

Prelates of El Salto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (62)Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (62)
(2012.02.02 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico)

Born:1962.04.09 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1989.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:2012.05.02

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico) (2012.02.02 – ...)

Archbishop Ruy Rendón Leal (71)Bishop Ruy Rendón Leal (71) (later Archbishop)
(2005.09.28 – 2011.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico)
Apostolic Administrator of Nogales (Mexico)

Yo estoy contigo

Born:1953.10.27 (Cadereyta de Jiménez, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1979.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:2005.11.30

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1979.09.08 – 2005.09.28)

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico) (2005.09.28 – 2011.07.16)

Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (2011.07.16 – 2016.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hermosillo (Mexico) (2016.04.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Nogales (Mexico) (2024.05.27 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Mireles Vaquera
(1988.10.13 – 2005.09.28)

Born:1929.01.11 (Nieves, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1953.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1982.12.07
Died:2021.08.10 (Gomez Palacio, Mexico † 92)

Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ (1982.10.16 – 1988.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1982.10.16 – 1988.04.28)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico) (1988.04.28 – 1988.10.13)

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico) (1988.10.13 – 2005.09.28)

Bishop Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D.
(1973.12.07 – 1988.10.13)

Born:1922.10.12
Ordained Priest:1947.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1974.03.09
Died:1988.10.13 († 66)

Apostolic Administrator of El Salto (Mexico) (1968 – 1973.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Sesta (1973.12.07 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of El Salto (Mexico) (1973.12.07 – 1988.10.13)

Fr. Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1968 – 1973.12.07)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (15)

Mazatlán (↙), Culiacán (↖), Parral (↑), Durango (→), El Nayar (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 36,000 km²

Population: 371,000 Catholics (85.2% of 435,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 27 priests (diocesan), 18 religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters), 8 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.10.29

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