Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca

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

Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca Territorialis Praelatura Humahuacensis Prelatura Territorial de Humahuaca
Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Salta
Metropolitan	Salta
Statistics
Area	34,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 95,000 80,000 (84.2%)
Parishes	11
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	8 September 1969 (219 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria in Humahuaca
Patron saint	Virgin of Candelaria St Anthony of Padua
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Prelate	Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mario Antonio Cargnello
Bishops emeritus	Pedro María Olmedo Rivero

History

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

Ordinaries

• José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. (10 October 1973 – 20 February 1991)
• Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (7 July 1993 – 23 October 2019)
• Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (23 October 2019^[2] – present)
  • 10 March 2018 appointed Territorial Prelate Coadjutor^[3]