Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca
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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, C.M.F. (10 October 1973 – 20 February 1991) * Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (7 July 1993 – 23 October 2019) * Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz,
C.R.L. The Canons Regular of the Lateran (CRL), formally titled the Canons Regular of St. Augustine of the Congregation of the Most Holy Savior at the Lateran, is an international congregation of an order of canons regular, comprising priests and lay brot ...
(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