Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate
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The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
Territorial Prelature of Cafayate Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate | |
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 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Salta |
| Metropolitan | Salta |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 40,000 km2 (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. |
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)