Jurisdiction: | Territorial Prelature |
Cafayate | |
Latin: | Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis |
Local: | Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate |
Country: | Argentina |
Metropolitan: | Salta |
Province: | Salta |
Area Km2: | 40,000 |
Population: | 54,625 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 53,194 |
Catholics Percent: | 97.4 |
Parishes: | 7 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 8 September 1969 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate |
Bishop: | Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. |
Bishop Title: | Prelate |
Metro Archbishop: | Mario Antonio Cargnello |
Emeritus Bishops: | Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (la|Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
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]