Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Mixes

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Mixes (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Mixepolitanus) (erected 21 December 1964) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca.

Territorial Prelature of Mixes

Praelatura Territorialis Mixepolitanus
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
MetropolitanSan Juan Juquila Mixes
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)

128,000[1]
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 21, 1964[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PrelateSalvador Cleofás Munguia
Bishops emeritusHéctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B
Map

Ayutla, Seat of the Prelature

The seat of the Prelature is at Ayutla.

Ordinaries

  • Braulio Sánchez Fuentes, S.D.B. (1970 - 2000)
  • Luis Felipe Gallardo Martín del Campo, S.D.B. (2000 - 2006), appointed Bishop of Veracruz
  • Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B. (2007 - 2018)
  • Salvador Cleofás Murguía S.D.B. (2018–Present)[2]

Salvador Cleofás Murguía

The present ordinary, Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, is a Salesian of Don Bosco from the Mexico-Guadalajara (MEG) province. After his term as provincial, he was appointed to the Central Department of Formation of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Rome. In 2018 he was nominated to succeed Msgr. Héctor Guerrero Córdova as bishop of the Mixes Prelature, which has its seat at Ayutla.

References

  1. "Territorial Prelature of Mixes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  2. "La Prelatura de Mixes tiene nuevo obispo". Vida Nueva - Revista y portal de noticias religiosas y de Iglesia (in Spanish). 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-12-19.


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