Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca

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Parishes 27 Rite Roman Rite Country Argentina		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 68,765 km² Metropolitan archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)330,092323,000 (97.9%) Established 21 January 1910 (107 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca (Latin: Dioecesis Catamarcensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

History

On 21 January 1910, Saint Pius X established the Diocese of Catamarca from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate when it was created in 1969.

Barnabé Piedrabuena (1910 - 1923)

Inocencio Dávila y Matos (1927 - 1930)

Vicente Peira (1932 - 1934)

Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. (1934 - 1959)

Adolfo Servando Tortolo (1960 - 1962)

Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. (1962 - 1988)

Luis Urbanč (since 2007)

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