Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Humahuaca / Humahuacen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Salta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (February 2), Saint Anthony of Padua (June 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1969.09.08: Established as Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca / Humahuacen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Jujuy and became suffragan of Salta)
1972.01.21: Gained territory from Diocese of Orán and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta

Contact Info

Address: Buenos Aires 383, Y4630BCG, Humahuaca, Argentina

Phone: (03887) 421018

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2019.10.23 – ...):

Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (63)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Humahuaca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (63)
(2019.10.23 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Born:	1961.10.28 (Selochea, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:	1995.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.04.28

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (2018.03.10 – 2019.10.23)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (2019.10.23 – ...)

Bishop Pedro María Olmedo Rivero, C.M.F. (80)
(1993.07.07 – 2019.10.23)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Humahuaca (Argentina)

Born:	1944.10.21 (San Juan de Asnalfarache, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.25

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (1993.07.07 – 2019.10.23)

Bishop José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F.
(1973.10.10 – 1991.02.20)

Born:	1915.09.08 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1941.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.11.25
Died:	1995.03.17 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Capo della Foresta (1973.10.10 – 1977.11.03)

Bishop-Prelate of Humahuaca (Argentina) (1973.10.10 – 1991.02.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz, C.R.L. (63) (2018.03.10 – 2019.10.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y San Antonio, Humahuaca, Jujuy

Churches by City (14)

San Juan Bautista de Calama (←), Potosí (↑), Tarija (↗), Orán (→), Jujuy (↘), Salta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 37,000 km²

Population: 81,600 Catholics (66.4% of 122,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 255 missions

Personnel: 14 priests (7 diocesan, 7 religious), 1 deacon, 17 religious (8 brothers, 9 sisters), 1 seminarian