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Roman Catholic Diocese of Añatuya

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Parishes
  
23

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
68,000 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alfredo Zecca

Roman Catholic Diocese of Añatuya

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 147,084 130,059 (88.4%)

Established
  
10 April 1961 (55 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our lady of the Valley in Añatuya

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán

The Diocese of Añatuya (Latin: Dioecesis Anatuyanensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina.

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History

Erected in 1961 by Blessed John XXIII, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.

Ordinaries

  • Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. (1961 - 1992)
  • Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. (1992 - 2002) appointed, Bishop of Argentina, Military
  • Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. (2004 - )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Añatuya Wikipedia