Diocese of Catamarca
| Diocese of Catamarca | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Salta |
| Diocesan bishop | Luis Urbanč |
| Vicar General | Julio Alberto Quiroga del Pino |
| Episcopal Vicar | Domingo Martín Chavez |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 68,765 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 401,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 356,800 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 89% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,489 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Valle |
| Website | http://www.virgendelvalle.net.ar/ladiocesis.htm |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca ( lat. : Dioecesis Catamarcensis , span. : Diócesis de Catamarca ) is one in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca .
history
The diocese of Catamarca was established on January 21, 1910 by Pope Pius X with the papal bull Sollicitudine from cession of the Apostolic Prefecture Tumaco and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires as a suffragan . On April 20, 1934 it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Salta as a suffragan. On September 8, 1969, the diocese of Catamarca gave up parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature of Cafayate .
Bishops of Catamarca
- Barnabé Piedrabuena , 1910–1923, then Bishop of Tucumán
- Inocencio Dávila y Matos , 1927-1930
- Vicente Peira , 1932-1934
- Carlos Francisco Hanlon CP , 1934-1959
- Adolfo Tortolo , 1960–1962, then Archbishop of Paraná
- Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías OP , 1962–1988
- Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani , 1989-2007
- Luis Urbanč , since 2007
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