Diocese of Jujuy, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jujuy / Iuiuyen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Salta

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santísimo Salvador (August 6), Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Río Blanco y Paypaya (October 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.04.20: Established as Diocese of Jujuy / Iuiuyen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Salta and became suffragan of Salta)
1969.09.08: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca

Contact Info

Address: Sarmiento 246, Y4600DYF, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina

Phone: (0388) 4226569

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.06.07 – ...):

Bishop César Daniel Fernández (70)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jujuy (Roman Rite)

Bishop César Daniel Fernández (70)
(2012.06.07 – ...)

Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina)
Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Servir y dar la vida

Born:	1954.10.20 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1980.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.11.30

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1980.11.14 – 2007.09.20)

Titular Bishop of Caltadria (2007.09.20 – 2012.06.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) (2007.09.20 – 2012.06.07)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Jujuy (Argentina) (2011.08.25 – 2011.09.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Jujuy (Argentina) (2011.09.18 – 2012.06.07)

Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina) (2012.06.07 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2024.11.12 – ...)

Bishop César Daniel Fernández (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.09.18 – 2012.06.07)

Bishop César Daniel Fernández (70)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2011.08.25 – 2011.09.18)

Bishop Marcelino Palentini, S.C.I.
(1995.07.11 – 2011.09.18)

Yo he venido para que tengan vida y la tenga en abundancia

Born:	1943.09.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.10.07
Died:	2011.09.18 († 68)

Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina) (1995.07.11 – 2011.09.18)

Bishop Raúl Arsenio Casado (later Archbishop)
(1983.07.07 – 1994.06.15)

Me debo a todos

Born:	1929.07.27 (Salta, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.16
Died:	2010.07.20 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Tacapæ (1975.05.14 – 1983.07.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1975.05.14 – 1983.07.07)

Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina) (1983.07.07 – 1994.06.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1994.06.15 – 1999.07.08)

Bishop José Miguel Medina
(1965.09.08 – 1983.07.07)

Omnis veritas in omnibus caritas

Born:	1916.01.31 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.12
Died:	1990.03.07 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Termessus (1962.06.09 – 1965.09.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina) (1962.06.09 – 1965.09.08)

Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina) (1965.09.08 – 1983.07.07)

Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina) (1982.03.30 – 1986.07.21)

Military Ordinary of Argentina (Argentina) (1986.07.21 – 1990.03.07)

Bishop Enrique José Mühn, S.V.D.
(1934.09.13 – 1965.08.09)

Spes unica

Born:	1897.02.20 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1930.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.02.17
Died:	1966.07.21 († 69)

Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1965.08.09)

Titular Bishop of Castellum medianum (1965.08.09 – 1966.07.21)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Agustín Adolfo Herrera (1961.07.24 – 1965.09.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica de San Salvador de Jujuy, San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy
Minor Basilica: Basílica de San Francisco, San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy

Churches by City (42)

Humahuaca (↖), Orán (↗), Salta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 20,082 km²

Population: 628,600 Catholics (89.9% of 699,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 70 priests (48 diocesan, 22 religious), 3 deacons, 91 religious (31 brothers, 60 sisters), 13 seminarians

Diocese of

Jujuy 𝐖

Argentina