Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos

Diocese of Río Gallegos Dioecesis Rivogallaecensis Diócesis de Río Gallegos
Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Bahía Blanca
Metropolitan	Bahía Blanca
Statistics
Area	265,614 km2 (102,554 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 303,000 212,000 (70%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (60 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Lujan in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Guillermo José Garlatti
Bishops emeritus	, SDB

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of Río Gallegos, the capital of the Patagonia region of Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Size[]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, Argentina, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious.

History[]

It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• , S.D.B.(1961–1974)
• , S.D.B.(1975–1992)
• Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. (1992–2005)
• , S.D.B. (2005–2012)
• Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2013–2018), appointed Bishop of San Martín
• (2019-)

Auxiliary bishop[]

• Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2011-2013), appointed Bishop here

References[]

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/driog.html