Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca

Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca
Territorialis Praelatura Humahuacensis
Prelatura Territorial de Humahuaca

Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical province Salta
Metropolitan Salta
Statistics
Area 34,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
95,000
80,000 (84.2%)
Parishes 11
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 8 September 1969 (209 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria in Humahuaca
Patron saint Virgin of Candelaria
St Anthony of Padua
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Prelate Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F.
Metropolitan Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Humahuacensis) 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 Humahuaca from territory taken from the Diocese of Jujuy and the Archdiocese of Salta.[1]

Ordinaries

External links and references

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


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