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Diocese of Jujuy

Iuiuyen(sis)

The Diocese of Jujuy is a Latin Church diocese seated in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, erected in 1934 from the Diocese of Salta. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 April 1934
Latin
Iuiuyen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Rosary
Annuario code
001001764

The see in figures

Catholics
524,000
Population
580,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
90.3%
Priests
70
Catholics per priest
7,486
Extent
20,082 km²
Catholics per km²
26

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
César Daniel Fernández
Born
20 October 1954
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 the Holy Saviour stands in Jujuy, 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.