Territorial prelature Esquel
Territorial prelature Esquel | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Argentina |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca |
prelate | José Slaby CSsR |
founding | 2009 |
surface | 78,074 km² |
Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 68,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 58,200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 84.7% |
Diocesan priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,638 |
Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Sagrado Corazón de Jesús |
Website | http://www.prelaturaesquel.org.ar/ |
The territorial prelate Esquel ( lat. : Praelatura Territorialis Esquelensis , span. : Prelatura de Esquel ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Esquel .
history
The territorial prelature Esquel was on March 14, 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. built from cession of territory by the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia . The territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca as a suffragan . The first bishop of the territorial prelature was José Slaby CSsR .