Nuevo León

Marín—this name was chosen in honor of the most illustrious Dr. Primo Feliciano Marín de Porras, chaplain to the King of Spain and a native of the town of Tamarrón in the Archdiocese of Burgos. He was consecrated in Morelia (1802) and, a few months later, came to take up his high office. He led his diocese for twelve years and died in this city in 1815.

The municipality of Marín is located in northeastern Nuevo León, at a latitude of 25°23′ and a longitude of 100°02′ west of the Greenwich Meridian. It borders Higueras to the north, Pesquería to the south, Doctor González to the east, and General Zuazua to the west. It lies at an elevation of 393 meters above sea level.