title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca
  
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca (Latin: Dioecesis Catamarcensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
  
  ## History
  
  On 21 January 1910, Saint Pius X established the Diocese of Catamarca from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Territorial Prelature of Cafayate when it was created in 1969.
  
  ## Ordinaries
  
  * Bernabé Piedrabuena (1910–1923), appointed Bishop of Tucumán
  * Inocencio Dávila y Matos (1927–1930)
  * Vicente Peira (1932–1934)
  * Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. (1934–1959)
  * Adolfo Servando Tortolo (1960–1962), appointed Archbishop of Paraná
  * Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. (1962–1988)
  * Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani (1989–2007)
  * Luis Urbanč (since 2007)
  
  ## Territorial losses
  
  | Year | Along with | To form |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1969 | Archdiocese of Salta | Territorial Prelature of Cafayate |
  