Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus Prelatura territorial de Deán Funes |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Córdoba |
Metropolitan | Córdoba |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,700 km2 (11,100 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 59,482 53,534 (90%) |
Parishes | 8 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 January 1980 (37 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Deán Funes, Córdoba |
Patron saint |
St Francis Solanus Virgin of Mercy |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Prelate | Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos José Ñáñez |
Emeritus Bishops | Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder Prelate Emeritus (2000-2013) |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus) is in Argentina and is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.
On 25 January 1980, Blessed John Paul II established the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes from the Diocese of Cruz del Eje.