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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

Territorial Prelature of Cafayate
Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis
Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate
Cafayate Cathedral "Nuestra Señora del Rosario" 120710-3816-jikatu.jpg
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 (211 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Prelate Mariano Moreno Garcia, O.S.A.
Metropolitan Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello
Emeritus Bishops Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A.

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

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.



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