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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca

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Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan
  
Salta

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Phone
  
+54 3887 42-1924

Ecclesiastical province
  
Salta

Parishes
  
11

Area
  
34,000 km²

Province
  
Jujuy Province

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 95,000 80,000 (84.2%)

Address
  
Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina

Patron saints
  
Virgin of Candelaria, Anthony of Padua

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Humahuacensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

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History

On 8 September 1969, Pope Paul VI established the Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca from territory taken from the Diocese of Jujuy and the Archdiocese of Salta.

Ordinaries

  • José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. (1973 - 1991)
  • Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (1993 - )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca Wikipedia