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Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes Praelatura Territorialis Funesiopolitanus Prelatura territorial de Deán Funes |
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| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Córdoba |
| Metropolitan | Córdoba |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 28,700 km2 (11,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 59,482 53,534 (90%) |
| Parishes | 8 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 January 1980 (37 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.
On 25 January 1980, Blessed John Paul II established the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes from the Diocese of Cruz del Eje.