Diocese of Catamarca

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca () is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta. , its bishop is Luis Urbanč

History

On 21 January 1910, Saint Pius X established the Diocese of Catamarca from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate when it was created in 1969,.

Ordinaries

• Bernabé Piedrabuena (1910–1923), appointed Bishop of Tucumán
• Inocencio Dávila y Matos (1927–1930)
• Vicente Peira (1932–1934)
• Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. (1934–1959)
• Adolfo Servando Tortolo (1960–1962), appointed Archbishop of Paraná
• Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. (1962–1988)
• Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani (1989–2007)
• Luis Urbanč (since 2007)

Territorial losses

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