Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Salto

Territorial Prelature of El Salto
Territorial Prelature of El Salto; Praelatura Territorialis Saltensis in Mexico; Prelatura Territorial de El Salto
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Durango
Metropolitan	El Salto, Durango
Statistics
Area	13,905 sq mi (36,010 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 370,000; 314,000 (84.9%)
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 June 1968 (52 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Prelate	Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M.

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Salto (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Saltensis in Mexico) (erected 10 June 1968) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango.

Ordinaries

Francisco Medina Ramírez, o.c.d. (1973–1988)
Manuel Mireles Vaquera (1988–2005) - Prelate Emeritus
Ruy Rendón Leal (2005–2011), appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Juan María Huerta Muro, o.f.m. (since 2012)

Episcopal See

El Salto, Durango

External links and references

"Territorial Prelature of El Salto". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-11.

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