Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

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Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis

Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate
Cafayate Cathedral "Nuestra Senora del Rosario" 120710-3816-jikatu.jpg
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Ecclesiastical province Salta
Metropolitan Salta
Statistics
Area40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 54,625
  • 53,194 (97.4%)
Parishes7
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established8 September 1969 (219 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Prelate Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.
Metropolitan Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello

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

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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

  1. "Territorial Prelature of Cafayate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-29.