Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate
| Territorial Prelature of Cafayate Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate | |
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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 |
(as of 2004) 54,625 53,194 (97.4%) |
| Parishes | 7 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 September 1969 (210 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Prelate | Mariano Moreno Garcia, O.S.A. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Antonio Cargnello |
| Emeritus Bishops | Cipriano García Fernández, 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
- Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. (1973 - 1990)
- Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.(1991 - 2007)
- Mariano Moreno Garcia, O.S.A. (2007 - present)
External links and references
- ↑ "Territorial Prelature of Cafayate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
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