Diocese of Cafayate

Cafayaten(sis)

Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Cafayate, Argentina

Cafayate is a Latin rite territorial prelature (not a full diocese) in Salta province, Argentina, established in 1969 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salta. Its prelate is Darío Rubén Quintana of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.

The see

Rank: Suffragan territorial prelature
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 8 September 1969
Latin: Cafayaten(sis)
Patron: Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Annuario code: 001000256

The see in figures

Catholics: 69,900
Population: 54,625
Priests: 13
Catholics per priest: 5,377
Extent: 40,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 1.7

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop: Darío Rubén Quintana, O.A.R.

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate stands in Cafayate, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Salta

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salta.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.