Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic

Diocese of Tepic

Dioecesis Tepicensis

Diócesis de Tepic
Catedral de la Purísima Concepción
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Guadalajara
MetropolitanGuadalajara
Statistics
Area8,797 sq mi (22,780 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,139,584
1,107,800 (97.2%)
Parishes78
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established23 June 1891 (133 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLuis Artemio Flores Calzada
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Robles Ortega
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic (Latin: Dioecesis Tepicensis)) 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, the 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.