Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate
Territorial Prelature of Cafayate Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Salta |
| Metropolitan | Salta |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2004) 54,625 53,194 (97.4%) |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 September 1969 (215 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Prelate | (vacant) |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Antonio Cargnello |
| Bishops emeritus | , O.S.A. , O.S.A. |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
History[]
On 8 September 1969, Pope Paul VI established the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate from territory taken from the Diocese of Catamarca and the Archdiocese of Salta.[1]
Ordinaries[]
- , O.S.A. (1973–1990)
- , O.S.A. (1991–2007)
- , O.S.A. (2007–2014)
- José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. (2014-2019)
External links and references[]
- ^ "Territorial Prelature of Cafayate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
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