Archdiocese of Salta Archidioecesis Saltensis Arquidiócesis de Salta | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Salta |
Statistics | |
Area | 92,860 km2 (35,850 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 797,000 717,000 (90%) |
Parishes | 57 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 March 1806 (218 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lord and Our Lady of Miracles in Salta |
Patron saint | St James the Less St Philip |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Antonio Cargnello |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta (erected 28 March 1806, as the Diocese of Salta) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Catamarca, Jujuy and Orán as well as the Territorial Prelatures of Cafayate and Humahuaca.