Diocese of Jujuy
Iuiuyen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jujuy, Argentina
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:
- Diocese of CafayateCafayate
- Diocese of CatamarcaCatamarca
- Diocese of HumahuacaHumahuaca
- Diocese of OránOrán
- Archdiocese of SaltaSalta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.