Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corrientes

Archdiocese of Corrientes Archdioecesis Corrientensis Arquidiócesis de Corrientes
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Corrientes
Statistics
Area	26,218 km2 (10,123 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 880,649 946,936 (93%)
Parishes	49
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	21 January 1910 (114 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Corrientes
Patron saint	Our Lady of Itatí
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrés Stanovnik
Bishops emeritus	Domingo Salvador Castagna

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corrientes (erected 21 January 1910, as the Diocese of Corrientes) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese and its suffragan sees include Goya, Oberá, Posadas, Puerto Iguazú and Santo Tomé. It was elevated on 10 April 1961.

Ordinaries

• Luis María Niella (1911–1933)
• Francisco Vicentín (1934–1972)
• Jorge Manuel López (1972–1983)
• Fortunato Antonio Rossi (1983–1994)
• Domingo Salvador Castagna (1994–2007)
• Andres Stanovnick, O.F.M. Cap. (2007–present)

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1957		Diocese of Posadas
1961		Diocese of Goya
1979		Diocese of Santo Tomé

External links

• "Archdiocese of Corrientes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-18.^{[self-published]}