Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora

Diocese of Lomas de Zamora Dioecesis Clivi Zamorensis Diócesis de Lomas de Zamora
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Paz
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Buenos Aires
Metropolitan	Buenos Aires
Statistics
Area	1,400 km2 (540 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 2,061,548 1,771,037 (85.9%)
Parishes	53
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1957 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Lomas de Zamora
Patron saint	Our Lady of Peace
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jorge Ruben Lugones, S.J.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mario Aurelio Poli
Auxiliary Bishops
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora (erected 11 February 1957) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• (1957–1963)
• Alejandro Schell (1963–1972)
• (1972–2001)
• Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. (2001–2007 ), appointed Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján
• Jorge Ruben Lugones, S.J. (2008– )

Coadjutor bishop[]

• Alejandro Schell (1958–1963)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• (1978–1984), appointed Bishop of Rafaela
• (1988–1991), appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata
• Juan Carlos Maccarone (1993–1996), appointed Bishop of Chascomús
• (2013–2017), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Morón
• , O.F.M. Cap. (2013); did not take effect
• (2014–2020), appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere
• (2017–2019), appointed Bishop of Río Gallegos
• (2019-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• , appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto in 2000
• Luis Alberto Fernández Alara, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 2009

Territorial losses[]

References[]

• "Diocese of Lomas de Zamora". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 31 March 2007.

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