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Diocese of Gualeguaychú

Dioecesis Gualeguaychensis

Diócesis de Gualeguaychú
Cathedral of St. Joseph by Bernardo Poncini
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical provinceParaná
MetropolitanParaná
Statistics
Area33,887 km2 (13,084 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
326,500
294,000 (90%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationCatholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1957
CathedralSt. Joseph's Cathedral, Gualeguaychú
Patron saint
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJorge Eduardo Lozano
Metropolitan ArchbishopJuan Alberto Puiggari
Website
Website of the Diocese[dead link]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná in Entre Ríos Province, eastern-central Argentina.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Gualeguaychú, also in Entre Rios province, which also has a Minor basilica : Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Concepción del Uruguay.

History

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Established on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Paraná.

Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 308,410 Catholics (89.7% of 343,789 total) on 33,887 km² in 35 parishes and a mission with 61 priests (48 diocesan, 13 religious), 4 deacons, 77 lay religious (23 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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  1. Jorge Ramón Chalup (1957-1966)
  2. Pedro Boxler (1967-1996)
  3. Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (1996-2004), appointed Bishop of Morón
  4. Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2005-2016), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
  5. Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (2017–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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See also

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  • "Diocese of Gualeguaychú". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-31. [self-published]