Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio
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Diocese of Neuve de Julio Dioecesis Sancti Dominici Novem Iulii Diócesis de Nueve de Julio | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Mercedes-Luján |
Statistics | |
Area | 56,743 km2 (21,909 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 382,196 343,977 (90%) |
Parishes | 38 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 February 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Dominic of Guzman in Nueve de Julio |
Patron saint | Saint Dominic Our Lady of Fátima |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Eduardo Scheinig |
Bishops emeritus | Martín de Elizalde |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuve de Julio (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dominici Novem Iulii) is a Catholic diocese located in the city of Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Mercedes-Luján in Argentina, having had change of metropolitan from La Plata in 2019.
History
[edit]On 11 February 1957, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Neuve de Julio from the Diocese of Azul and the Diocese of Mercedes.[1][2]
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Agustin Adolfo Herrera (1957–1961), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Jujuy
- Antonio Quarracino (1962–1968), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Jujuy; future Cardinal
- Alejo Benedicto Gilligan (1969–1991)
- Jose Vittorio Tommasi (1991–1998)
- Martin de Elizalde, O.S.B. (1999–2015)
- Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (2015–Present)
Coadjutor bishop
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Diocese of Neuve de Julio". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.[permanent dead link] [self-published]
- ^ "Diocese of Neuve de Julio". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25. [self-published]