Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero
Diocese of Santiago del Estero Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero Diócesis de Santiago del Estero | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tucumán |
| Metropolitan | Tucumán |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 81,969 km2 (31,648 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 686,000 605,000 (88.2%) |
| Parishes | 44 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 March 1907 (117 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Patron saint | St James the Greater Our Lady of Consolation Sumampa |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vicente Bokalic Iglic |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfredo Zecca |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio, in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, by Pope Francis, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015; he will assist and eventually succeed the diocesan Bishop there when he retires or dies)[1][2] |
| Bishops emeritus | Juan Carlos Maccarone Francisco Polti Santillán |
| Website | |
| www.obispadosgo.org.ar | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Tucumán.
History
On 10 April 1961 Pope John XXIII founded the Diocese of Santiago del Estero from territory taken from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Diocese of Añatuya when it was created in 1961.[3][4]
Ordinaries
- Juan Martín Yáñez (1910 - 1926)
- Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1927 - 1939)
- José Weimann, C.Ss.R. (1940 - 1961)
- Manuel Tato (1961 - 1980)
- Manuel Guirao (1981 - 1994)
- Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1994 - 1998)
- Juan Carlos Maccarone (1999 - 2005)
- Francisco Polti Santillán (2006 - 2013)
- Vicente Bokalic Iglic (2013 - present)
References
- ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/05/12/0360/00790.html
- ^ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F05%2F12%2F0360%2F00790.html
- ^ "Diocese of Santiago del Estero". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Diocese of Santiago del Estero". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
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