Territorial Prelature of El Salto, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Durango

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

1968.06.10: Established as Territorial Prelature of El Salto / Salten(sis) in Mexico (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and Diocese of Mazatlán and became suffragan of Durango)

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:

vacant

Ordinaries

Prelates of El Salto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (62)
(2012.02.02 – 2025.02.11)

Bishop of Xochimilco (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 – 2025.02.11)

Bishop of Xochimilco (Mexico) (2025.02.11 – ...)

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

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Manuel Mireles Vaquera (1988.04.28 – 1988.10.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa María de Guadalupe, El Salto, Durango

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