Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar

Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar
Praelatura Territorialis Nayariana de Iesu et Maria
Prélature Territoriale de Jesús María del Nayar
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guadalajara
Metropolitan Jesús María, Nayarit
Statistics
Area 9,656 sq mi (25,010 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
140,000
128,000 (91.4%)
Parishes 15
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 13 January 1962 (53 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Jesus and Mary
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop Francisco Robles Ortega

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar) (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Nayariana de Iesu et Maria) (erected 13 January 1962) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara in Mexico. The episcopal see is in Jesús María, Nayarit.

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Coordinates: 20°40′39″N 104°17′03″W / 20.67750°N 104.28417°W / 20.67750; -104.28417

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