• PEOPLE NAME: HUICHOL OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Aztec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Vixaritari Vaniuqui, Vixaritari Vaniuqui; Vizaritari Vaniuki, Vizaritari Vaniuki, Vixaritari Vaniuqui, Vizaritari Vaniuki

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 80,500

Global Population: 88,600


PEID: 33550

ROP: 103898

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Huichol of Mexico, numbering 80,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Aztec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 88,600 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Huichol is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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