Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes
Catholic particular church territory
Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus Prelatura territorial de Deán Funes | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Córdoba |
Metropolitan | Córdoba |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,700 km2 (11,100 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 59,482 53,534 (90%) |
Parishes | 8 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 January 1980 (44 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Deán Funes, Córdoba |
Patron saint | St Francis Solanus Virgin of Mercy |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Prelate | Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos José Ñáñez |
Bishops emeritus | Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder Prelate Emeritus (2000-2013) |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus) is in Argentina and is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.
History
On 25 January 1980, Blessed John Paul II established the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes from the Diocese of Cruz del Eje.[1][2]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Ramón Iribarne Arámburu, O. de M. † (1980)
- Lucas Luis Dónnelly, O. de M. † (1980–2000)
- Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M. (2000– )
- Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen (2013-)
Coadjutor
- Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen (2011-2013)
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