Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro

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Diocese of San Isidro

Dioecesis Sancti Isidori in Argentina

Diócesis de San Isidro
Catedral de San Isidro - Exterior.JPG
Cathedral of St. Isidor the Worker
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
MetropolitanBuenos Aires
Statistics
Area1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
1,145,000
1,091,000 (95.3%)
Parishes66
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1957 (64 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Isidore the Laborer in San Isidoro
Patron saintSt Isidore the Laborer
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopÓscar Vicente Ojea
Metropolitan ArchbishopMario Aurelio Poli
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Guillermo Eduardo Caride,
  • Raúl Pizarro
Bishops emeritus
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of San Isidro is an administrative division of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. It was established on 11 February 1957 and covers an area of 1,379 square kilometres (532 sq mi).[1]

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

Coadjutor bishop[]

  • (1983–1985)

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • Justo Oscar Laguna (1975-1980), appointed Bishop of Morón
  • (2014-2020), appointed Bishop of San Martín
  • (2018-
  • , elect (2020-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

  • Carlos María Franzini, appointed Bishop of Rafaela in 2000
  • Miguel Ángel D’Annibale, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos in 2011
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján in 2017
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza in 2017
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2017

References[]

  1. ^ "Diocese of San Isidro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.


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