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Diocese of Esquel

Esquelen(sis)

Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Esquel, Argentina

Esquel is a Latin Church territorial prelature in Chubut Province, Argentina, erected in 2009 from the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia. Its ordinary holds episcopal rank and it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.

The see

Rank
Suffragan territorial prelature
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
14 March 2009
Latin
Esquelen(sis)
Patron
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Annuario code
001000266

The see in figures

Catholics
56,000
Population
66,200
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
84.6%
Priests
14
Catholics per priest
4,000
Extent
78,074 km²
Catholics per km²
0.7

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
José Slaby, C.Ss.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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Esquel, 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 Bahía Blanca

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.

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.