Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

Territorial Prelature of Cafayate Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Salta
Metropolitan	Salta
Statistics
Area	40,000 km^2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 54,625 53,194 (97.4%)
Parishes	7
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 September 1969 (218 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Prelate	Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mario Antonio Cargnello
Bishops emeritus	Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.

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

History

On 8 September 1969, Pope Paul VI established the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate from territory taken from the Diocese of Catamarca and the Archdiocese of Salta.[1]

Ordinaries

• Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. (1973–1990)
• Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. (1991–2007)
• Mariano Moreno García, O.S.A. (2007–2014)
• José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. (2014–2019)
• Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. (2022–present)

External links and references

1. "Territorial Prelature of Cafayate". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-29.