Diocese of Catamarca
Catamarcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Catamarca, Argentina
The Diocese of Catamarca is a Latin rite diocese in northwest Argentina, erected in 1910 from the Diocese of Tucumán and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salta. Its see is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley, home to the venerated Virgen del Valle.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 January 1910
- Latin
- Catamarcen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen del Valle (Our Lady of the Valley)
- Annuario code
- 001001078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 342,000
- Population
- 330,092
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 5,700
- Extent
- 68,765 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luis Urbanč
- Born
- 25 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Valley stands in Catamarca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Salta
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salta.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CafayateCafayate
- Diocese of HumahuacaHumahuaca
- Diocese of JujuyJujuy
- Diocese of OránOrán
- Archdiocese of SaltaSalta
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].