Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes

Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus Prelatura territorial de Deán Funes
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Córdoba
Metropolitan	Córdoba
Statistics
Area
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
Emeritus Bishops	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.

Ordinaries

• Ramón Iribarne Arámburu, O. de M. † (1980 - 1980)
• Lucas Luis Dónnelly, O. de M. † (1980 - 2000)
• Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M. (2000 - )
  • Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen, Coadjutor