Roman Catholic Diocese of Añatuya

Diocese of Añatuya

*Dioecesis Anatuyanensis*

Diócesis de Añatuya
Diocese of Añatuya; Dioecesis Anatuyanensis; Diócesis de Añatuya
	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Valley
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Tucumán
Metropolitan	Tucumán
Statistics
Area	68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 147,084; 130,059 (88.4%)
Parishes	23
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our lady of the Valley in Añatuya
Patron saint	St Francis Solanus; Our Lady of the Valley; St Joseph the Worker
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Luis Corral Peláez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Alberto Sánchez
Coadjutor	José Luis Corral
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.

History

Erected in 1961 by Blessed John XXIII, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.^[1]^[2]

Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. (1961–1992)
Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. (1992–2002), appointed Bishop of Argentina, Military
Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. (2004–2014), appointed Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
José Melitón Chávez (2015-2019), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Concepción
José Luis Corral Peláez, S.V.D. (2019- )

^ "Diocese of Añatuya". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-17. ^{[self-published]}
^ "Diocese of Añatuya". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27. ^{[self-published]}

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