Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic
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The Roman Catholic Diocese
of Tepic
(erected 23 June 1891) is in Mexico
and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
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Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of Tepic
Tepic
Tepic is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Nayarit.It is located in the central part of the state, at.It stands at an altitude above sea level of some 915 meters, on the banks of the Río Mololoa and the Río Tepic, approximately 225 kilometers north-west of Guadalajara, Jalisco....
(erected 23 June 1891) is in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Archdiocese of Guadalajara
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km²...
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Ordinaries
- Ignacio Díaz y Macedo (1893 -1905)
- Andrés Segura y Domínguez (1906 -1918)
- Manuel Azpeitia Palomar (1919 -1935)
- Anastasio Hurtado y Robles (1935 -1970)
- Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera (1971 -1980)
- Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota (1981 -2008)
- Ricardo Watty UrquidiRicardo Watty UrquidiRicardo Watty Urquidi was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Tepic in Nayarit, Mexico.Born in San Diego, California, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. In 1980 he was named bishop. He died in Tepic on November 1, 2011, aged 73, from pancreatic cancer....
(2008-2011)