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Territorial Prelature of

Humahuaca

Argentina Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature Territorial Prelature

Name: Humahuaca / Humahuacen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Salta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

San Juan Bautista de Calama (←), Potosí (↑), Tarija (↗), Orán (→), Jujuy (↘), Salta (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2019.10.23 – ...):Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (61)Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (61)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Humahuaca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (61)Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (61)
(2019.10.23 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Born:1961.10.28 (Selochea, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1995.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:2018.04.28

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (2018.03.10 – 2019.10.23)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (2019.10.23 – ...)

Bishop Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (78)Bishop Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (78)
(1993.07.07 – 2019.10.23)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Born:1944.10.21 (San Juan de Asnalfarache, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1972.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1993.09.25

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (1993.07.07 – 2019.10.23)

Bishop José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F.
(1973.10.10 – 1991.02.20)

Born:1915.09.08 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1941.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1973.11.25
Died:1995.03.17 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta (1973.10.10 – 1977.11.03)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (1973.10.10 – 1991.02.20)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: Buenos Aires 383, Y4630BCG, Humahuaca, Argentina

Phone: (03887) 421018

Statistics

Area: 37,000 km²

Population: 80,115 Catholics (66.4% of 120,680 total) (2020)

Statistics: 12 parishes, 255 missions, 11 priests (4 diocesan, 7 religious), 1 deacon, 18 lay religious (8 brothers, 10 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (February 2), Saint Anthony of Padua (June 13)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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