Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Añatuya | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Anatuyanensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Añatuya |
Country: | Argentina |
Province: | Tucumán |
Area Km2: | 68,000 |
Population: | 147,084 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 130,059 |
Catholics Percent: | 88.4 |
Parishes: | 23 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 10 April 1961 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Our lady of the Valley in Añatuya |
Bishop: | José Luis Corral Peláez |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Coadjutor: | José Luis Corral |
Metro Archbishop: | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
Website: | www.diocesisdeanatuya.org.ar |
The Diocese of Añatuya (Latin: Dioecesis Anatuyanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Tucumán. The current Bishop of Añatuya is José Luis Corral Peláez.
Erected in 1961 by Blessed John XXIII, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.[1] [2]