Diocese of Cruz del Eje

Crucis Axeatae

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cruz del Eje, Argentina

The Diocese of Cruz del Eje is a Latin Church diocese in Córdoba Province, Argentina, erected in 1963 from territory of the Archdiocese of Córdoba. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 12 August 1963
Latin: Crucis Axeatae
Patron: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Annuario code: 001001239

The see in figures

Catholics: 175,500
Population: 158,000
Priests: 32
Catholics per priest: 5,484
Extent: 22,187 km²
Catholics per km²: 7.9

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: Hugo Ricardo Araya
Born: 14 March 1960
Birthplace: El Cano

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 Mount Carmel stands in Cruz del Eje, 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 Córdoba

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Córdoba.

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.