Territorial Prelature of

Esquel

Argentina Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature Territorial Prelature

Name: Esquel / Esquelen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: BahĂ­a Blanca

Neighbouring Dioceses: AysĂ©n (↙), San Carlos de Ancud (←), Puerto Montt (↖), San Carlos de Bariloche (↑), Rawson (→), Comodoro Rivadavia (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Contact Info

Address: Av. Alvear 2455, Dto. 1, 9200 Esquel, Chubut, Argentina

Phone: (0294)545.11.10

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2009.03.14 – ...):Bishop JosĂ© SƂaby, C.SS.R. (68)Bishop JosĂ© SƂaby, C.SS.R. (68)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Esquel (Roman Rite)

Bishop JosĂ© SƂaby, C.SS.R. (68)Bishop JosĂ© SƂaby, C.SS.R. (68)
(2009.03.14 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Esquel (Argentina)

Servir a Dios y al hombre

Born:1958.03.01 (Zeleznikowa, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1984.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:2009.05.08

Bishop-Prelate of Esquel (Argentina) (2009.03.14 – ...)

Special Churches

Churches by City (12)

AysĂ©n (↙), San Carlos de Ancud (←), Puerto Montt (↖), San Carlos de Bariloche (↑), Rawson (→), Comodoro Rivadavia (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 78,000 kmÂČ

Population: 46,956 Catholics (67.8% of 69,260 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 54 missions

Personnel: 14 priests (8 diocesan, 6 religious), 18 religious (6 brothers, 12 sisters), 1 seminarian

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