Diocese of Esquel
Esquelen(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Esquel, Argentina
Esquel is a Latin Church territorial prelature in Chubut Province, Argentina, erected in 2009 from the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia. Its ordinary holds episcopal rank and it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 March 2009
- Latin
- Esquelen(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000266
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 56,000
- Population
- 66,200
- Catholic share
- 84.6%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 4,000
- Extent
- 78,074 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
of the people living within its bounds
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
- José Slaby, C.Ss.R.
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 of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Esquel, 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 Bahía Blanca
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Bahía BlancaBahía Blanca
- Diocese of Comodoro RivadaviaComodoro Rivadavia
- Diocese of RawsonRawson
- Diocese of Santa RosaSanta Rosa
- Diocese of ViedmaViedma
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].