The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Humahuacensis) is in

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and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

History

On 8 September 1969,

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

established the Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca from territory taken from the Diocese of Jujuy and the Archdiocese of Salta.

Ordinaries

José María Márquez Bernal José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, C.M.F. (10 October 1973 – 20 February 1991) *

Pedro María Olmedo Rivero Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

, C.M.F. (7 July 1993 – 23 October 2019) * Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (23 October 2019 – present) ** 10 March 2018 appointed Territorial Prelate Coadjutor

References

Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Salta Territorial prelatures Christian organizations established in 1969 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub