Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos

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Diocese of Río Gallegos

Dioecesis Rivogallaecensis

Diócesis de Río Gallegos
Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceBahía Blanca
MetropolitanBahía Blanca
Statistics
Area265,614 km2 (102,554 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
303,000
212,000 (70%)
Parishes30
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 April 1961 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Lujan in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Metropolitan ArchbishopGuillermo José Garlatti
Bishops emeritusJuan Carlos Romanin, SDB

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of Río Gallegos, the capital of the Patagonia region of Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Size

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, Argentina, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious.

History

It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Emeritus Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B., is the immediate past Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, having served from 2005 until 2012. On Saturday, February 19, 2011, the Vatican Information Service stated that Pope Benedict XVI had named the Right Reverend Monsignor Miguel Angel D'Annibale, until then the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro, as an Auxiliary Bishop-elect (assistant bishop) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos to Bishop Romanin, with the title of Titular Bishop of Nasai (in Numidia). The Auxiliary Bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1959, and was ordained a priest in 1985.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishop

References

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/driog.html

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