Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cafayatensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.

Territorial Prelature of Cafayate Territorialis Praelatura Cafayatensis Prelatura Territorial de Cafayate
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Salta
Metropolitan	Salta
Statistics
Area	40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 54,625 53,194 (97.4%)
Parishes	7
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 September 1969 (219 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Cafayate
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Prelate	Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mario Antonio Cargnello

History

On 8 September 1969, Pope Paul VI established the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate from territory taken from the Diocese of Catamarca and the Archdiocese of Salta.^[1]

Ordinaries

• Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. (1973–1990)
• Cipriano García Fernández, O.S.A. (1991–2007)
• Mariano Moreno García, O.S.A. (2007–2014)
• José Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, O.S.A. (2014–2019)
• Darío Rubén Quintana Muñiz, O.A.R. (2022–present)