Mario Espinosa Contreras

Mario Espinosa Contreras (22 November 1949) is a Roman Catholic bishop who serves as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazatlán in Mexico since 2005.^[1]

His Excellency Mario Espinoza Contreras
Bishop of Mazatlán
The bishop during a mass at the Virgen de La Puntilla
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazatlán
Appointed	2 April 1996
In office	2005-present
Predecessor	Rafael Barraza Sánchez
Orders
Ordination	14 July 1973
Consecration	11 May 1996 by Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-22) 22 November 1949 (age 75) Tepic, Nayarit
Nationality	Mexican
Coat of arms

Born on November 22, 1949, in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, Mario Espinosa Contreras became a priest in his hometown and later bishop in Tehuacán and Mazatlán,^[2] In 2024, he spoke about the kidnapping of 66 people in Culiacán during the Palm Sunday mass from the altar of the Basilica Cathedral of Mazatlán.^[3]