The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina 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 State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...
established the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate from territory taken from the
Diocese of Catamarca and the Archdiocese of Salta.
Ordinaries
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Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza,
O.S.A. (1973–1990)
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Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. (1991–2007)
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Mariano Moreno Garcia, O.S.A. (2007–2014)
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José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. (2014–2019)
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Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. (2022–present)
External links and references
Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Salta
Territorial prelatures
Christian organizations established in 1969
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