Diocese of Catamarca

Catamarcen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Catamarca, Argentina

The Diocese of Catamarca is a Latin rite diocese in northwest Argentina, erected in 1910 from the Diocese of Tucumán and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salta. Its see is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley, home to the venerated Virgen del Valle.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 21 January 1910
Latin: Catamarcen(sis)
Patron: Virgen del Valle (Our Lady of the Valley)
Annuario code: 001001078

The see in figures

Catholics: 342,000
Population: 330,092
Priests: 60
Catholics per priest: 5,700
Extent: 68,765 km²
Catholics per km²: 5.0

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: Luis Urbanč
Born: 25 July 1958
Birthplace: Buenos Aires

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 Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley stands in Catamarca, 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.