Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara in western Mexico.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de la Purísima Concepción, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Tepic, capital of Nayarit state. It also has a Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Talpa, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in Talpa de Allende, Jalisco.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,168,480 Catholics on 22,777 km² in 92 parishes and 36 missions with 214 priests, 205 lay religious and 54 seminarians.

History

It was erected 23 June 1891 as Diocese of Tepic / Tepicen, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Tepic
  1. Ignacio Díaz y Macedo
  2. Andrés Segura y Domínguez
  3. Manuel Azpeitia Palomar
  4. Anastasio Hurtado y Robles, emeritate as Titular Bishop of Cissa ; died 1972
  5. # Auxiliary Bishop: José Manuel Piña Torres, Titular Bishop of Milevum
  6. Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera, next Bishop of Tlalnepantla , Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey , President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano , Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Victoria , created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario
  7. Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota, died 2017
  8. Ricardo Watty Urquidi, Spiritans, previously Titular Bishop of Macomades as Auxiliary Bishop of México , Bishop of Nuevo Laredo
  9. Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, previously Bishop of Valle de Chalco .

    Auxiliary bishop