Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno
Diocese of Merlo-Moreno Dioecesis Merlensis-Morenensis Diócesis de Merlo-Moreno | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Mercedes-Luján |
Metropolitan | Mercedes-Luján |
Statistics | |
Area | 301 km2 (116 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2004) 850,591 701,737 (82.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 May 1997 (24 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Fernando Carlos Maletti |
Metropolitan Archbishop | |
Bishops emeritus | Fernando María Bargalló Bishop Emeritus (1997–2012) |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno (erected 13 May 1997) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, having had change of metropolitan from Buenos Aires in 2019.
The patroness is the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.
The partidos (departments) that fall into the diocese are Merlo and Moreno.
Bishops[]
Ordinaries[]
- (1997–2012); he resigned and Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro was named Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, 26 June 2012
- Fernando Carlos Maletti (2013– )
Auxiliary bishop[]
- (2016-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]
- , appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere in 2013
- Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, appointed Bishop of Salto, Uruguay in 2018
External links and references[]
- (in Spanish) Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
- "Diocese of Merlo-Moreno". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
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Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Mercedes-Luján
- Christian organizations established in 1997
- Merlo Partido
- Moreno Partido
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- Argentine Roman Catholic diocese stubs