Roman Catholic Diocese of San Rafael

Diocese of San Rafael Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis Diócesis de San Rafael
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Mendoza
Metropolitan	Mendoza
Statistics
Area	87,286 km2 (33,701 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 230,000 195,500 (85%)
Parishes	28
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Raphael the Archangel in San Rafael
Patron saint	St Raphael the Archangel Our Lady of Lourdes Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Marcelo Daniel Colombo
Apostolic Administrator	Carlos María Domínguez, auxiliary bishop of San Juan de Cuyo
Bishops emeritus	Eduardo Maria Taussig

The Diocese of San Rafael (Latin: Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in San Rafael, Argentina. It came into existence on 10 April 1961, and is presided over by Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig.

Bishops

Past and present ordinaries

• Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1961–1965), appointed Archbishop of Córdoba (Cardinal in 1973)
• Jorge Carlos Carreras (1965–1969) appointed Bishop of San Justo
• Oscar Félix Villena (1970–1972)
• León Kruk (1973–1991)
• Jesús Arturo Roldán (1991–1996)
• Guillermo José Garlatti (1997–2003), appointed Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
• Eduardo Maria Taussig (2004–2022)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis in 2009

External links

• Diocese of San Rafael, Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}