Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis

Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical provinceSalta
MetropolitanSalta
Statistics
Area40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
54,625
53,194 (97.4%)
Parishes7
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established8 September 1969 (214 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Prelate(vacant)
Metropolitan ArchbishopMario Antonio Cargnello
Bishops emeritusCipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.
Mariano Moreno Garcia, O.S.A.

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. (2007–2014)
  • José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. (2014-2019)
  1. "Territorial Prelature of Cafayate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-29.



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