The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jujuy ( la, Dioecesis Iuiuyensis) is in the city of
San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina and is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Salta.
History
On 20 April 1934,
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
established the Diocese of Jujuy from the Diocese of Salta. It lost territory to the
Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca when it was created in 1969.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Enrique José Mühn,
S.V.D.
The Society of the Divine Word ( la, Societas Verbi Divini), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Ri ...
(1934–1965)
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José Miguel Medina (1965–1983)
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Raúl Arsenio Casado Raúl Arseno Casado (July 27, 1927 – July 20, 2010) was the Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country i ...
(1983–1994)
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Marcelino Palentini,
S.C.I.
The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart ( la, Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu) abbreviated SCI, also called the Dehonians, is a Catholic Church, Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men in the ...
(1995–2011)
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César Daniel Fernández Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* C ...
(since 2012)
Coadjutor bishop
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Agustín Adolfo Herrera (1961-1965), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of San Francisco
Territorial losses
References
Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Salta
Christian organizations established in 1934
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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