Territorial prelature Esquel
| Territorial prelature Esquel | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| 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 .