Territorial Prelature of Jesús María, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Jesús María (español) / Nayarian(us) de Iesu et Maria (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guadalajara

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tepic (↙), Mazatlán (←), El Salto (↖), Durango (↗), Zacatecas (→), Guadalajara (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.01.13: Established as Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (español) / Nayarian(us) de Iesu et Maria (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango, Diocese of Colima and Diocese of Zacatecas and became suffragan of Guadalajara)

Contact Info

Address: Belén #24- B, Col. Hermosa Provincia, 63150 - Tepic, Nay., Mexico

Phone: (311) 2-13-88-80

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2025.02.26 – ...):

Bishop Andrés Sáinz Márquez (56)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Jesús María (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrés Sáinz Márquez (56)
(2025.02.26 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico)

Born:	1969.08.16 (Arandas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1996.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.06.18

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1996.04.27 – 2025.02.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico) (2025.02.26 – ...)

Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. (61)
(2010.02.27 – 2022.02.11)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)

Verbum Dei vita mea

Born:	1964.12.25 (Etzatán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.25

Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico) (2010.02.27 – 2022.02.11)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico) (2022.02.11 – ...)

Bishop José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M.
(1992.06.27 – 2010.02.27)

Born:	1947.12.20 (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.04
Died:	2020.07.08 (Tepic, Mexico † 72)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico) (1990.02.02 – 1992.06.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico) (1992.06.27 – 2010.02.27)

Bishop Manuel Romero Arvizu, O.F.M.
(1962.05.24 – 1992.06.27)

Born:	1919.04.13 (Etzatlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1945.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.15
Died:	2009.11.06 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Dusa (1962.05.24 – 1978.02.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Jesús María (Mexico) (1962.05.24 – 1992.06.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. (1990.02.02 – 1992.06.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Jesús María, Jesús María, Nayarit

Churches by City (19)

Tepic (↙), Mazatlán (←), El Salto (↖), Durango (↗), Zacatecas (→), Guadalajara (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 25,000 km²

Population: 139,000 Catholics (89.7% of 155,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (15 diocesan, 12 religious), 1 deacon, 29 religious (15 brothers, 14 sisters), 11 seminarians