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Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Prelature
  • Erected: 8 September 1969
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Salta
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Argentina
  • Square Kilometers: 50,000 (19,312 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Calle Nuestra Senora del Rosario 52, A4427AZB Cafayate [Salta], Argentina
  • Telephone: (03868)421-227

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 September 1969ErectedDiocese of Catamarca (Santa Maria and Antofagaste de la Sierra)
Archdiocese of Salta (Cafayate, San Carlos, and Molinos)
Archdiocese of Tucumán (Aymacha dei Valle)
Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197040,80040,800100.0%994,53397ap1971
197640,00040,80098.0%12123,3331257ap1977
198044,50045,60097.6%12123,7081267ap1981
199040,00040,40099.0%112133,07612107ap1991
199945,21546,00098.3%411153,014113157ap2000
200046,38946,92098.9%311143,313113157ap2001
200150,00050,57098.9%311143,571113197ap2002
200252,08153,02798.2%511163,255114197ap2003
200352,09353,54397.3%610163,255113217ap2004
200453,19454,62597.4%610163,324114177ap2005
201360,00064,75092.7%66125,000110238ap2014
201665,49374,15388.3%77144,678111198ap2017
201969,25076,60090.4%65116,29529208ap2020
202168,73073,18093.9%94135,28617168ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 62, Page 263, to Page 265

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