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Diocese of Catamarca Dioecesis Catamarcensis Diócesis de Catamarca | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Salta |
Metropolitan | Salta |
Statistics | |
Area | 68,765 km2 (26,550 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 330,092 323,000 (97.9%) |
Parishes | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 21 January 1910 (114 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca |
Patron saint | Our lady of the Valley |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Luis Urbanč |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Antonio Cargnello |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca (Latin : Dioecesis Catamarcensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
On 21 January 1910, Saint Pius X established the Diocese of Catamarca from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate when it was created in 1969. [1] [2]
Year | Along with | To form |
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1969 | Archdiocese of Salta | Territorial Prelature of Cafayate |
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