Diocese of Catamarca

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca (Latin: Dioecesis Catamarcensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta. As of December 2007, its bishop is Luis Urbanč

History

On 21 January 1910, Saint Pius X established the Diocese of Catamarca from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate when it was created in 1969,.[1][2]

Ordinaries

  • Bernabé Piedrabuena (1910–1923), appointed Bishop of Tucumán
  • Inocencio Dávila y Matos (1927–1930)
  • Vicente Peira (1932–1934)
  • Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. (1934–1959)
  • Adolfo Servando Tortolo (1960–1962), appointed Archbishop of Paraná
  • Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. (1962–1988)
  • Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani (1989–2007)
  • Luis Urbanč (since 2007)

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1969Archdiocese of SaltaTerritorial Prelature of Cafayate

References

  1. 1."Diocese of Catamarca". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27. [self-published]
  2. 2."Diocese of Catamarca". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27. [self-published]