Jurisdiction: | Territorial Prelature |
Deán Funes | |
Latin: | Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus |
Local: | Prelatura territorial de Deán Funes |
Country: | ![]() |
Metropolitan: | Córdoba |
Province: | Córdoba |
Area Km2: | 28,700 |
Population: | 59,482 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 53,534 |
Catholics Percent: | 90 |
Parishes: | 8 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 25 January 1980 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Deán Funes, Córdoba |
Patron: | St Francis Solanus Virgin of Mercy |
Bishop: | Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen |
Bishop Title: | Prelate |
Metro Archbishop: | Carlos José Ñáñez |
Emeritus Bishops: | Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder Prelate Emeritus (2000-2013) |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes (la|Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus) is in Argentina and is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.
On 25 January 1980, Blessed John Paul II established the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes from the Diocese of Cruz del Eje.[1] [2]