Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero
Diocese of Santiago del Estero Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero Diócesis de Santiago del Estero | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Tucumán |
Metropolitan | Tucumán |
Statistics | |
Area | 81,969 km2 (31,648 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 686,000 605,000 (88.2%) |
Parishes | 44 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 March 1907 (114 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 | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
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 | 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 that diocese was created in 1961.[3][4]
Bishops[]
Ordinaries[]
- (1910–1926)
- (1927–1939), appointed Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
- , C.Ss.R. (1940–1961)
- Manuel Tato (1961–1980)
- (1981–1994)
- (1994–1998)
- Juan Carlos Maccarone (1999–2005)
- Francisco Polti Santillán (2006–2013)
- Vicente Bokalic Iglic (2013–present)
Coadjutor bishop[]
- (1993–1994)
Auxiliary bishops[]
- Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (2008-2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio
- (2017-
References[]
- ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/05/12/0360/00790.html
- ^ "Web Translator".
- ^ "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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- Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tucumán
- Christian organizations established in 1907
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- 1907 establishments in Argentina
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