The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Humahuacensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca Territorialis Praelatura Humahuacensis Prelatura Territorial de Humahuaca | |
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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 (218 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 | Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Antonio Cargnello |
Bishops emeritus | Pedro María Olmedo Rivero |
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]
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