Diocese of Mazatlán, Mexico

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Mazatlán / Mazatlanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Durango

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1958.11.22: Established as Diocese of Mazatlán / Mazatlanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango and Diocese of Sinaloa and became suffragan of Durango)
1968.06.10: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of El Salto

Address: Canizales y B. Juárez s/n, Centro, 82000 - Mazatlan, Sin., Mexico

Phone: (669) 9-81-33-52

Bishop (2005.03.03 – ...):

Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras (75)

Bishops of Mazatlán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras (75)
(2005.03.03 – ...)

Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico)

Priest of Tepic (Mexico) (1973.07.14 – 1996.04.02)

Bishop of Tehuacán (Mexico) (1996.04.02 – 2005.03.03)

Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico) (2005.03.03 – ...)

Bishop Rafael Barraza Sánchez
(1981.10.19 – 2005.03.03)

Titular Bishop of Drivastum (1979.10.26 – 1981.10.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1979.10.26 – 1981.10.19)

Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico) (1981.10.19 – 2005.03.03)

Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco
(1958.12.18 – 1981.03.08)

Bishop of Mazatlán (Mexico) (1958.12.18 – 1981.03.08)

Area: 19,105 km²

Population: 928,000 Catholics (93.6% of 991,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes, 13 missions

Personnel: 93 priests (86 diocesan, 7 religious), 126 religious (8 brothers, 118 sisters), 18 seminarians