Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro
| Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca |
| Diocesan bishop | Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Néstor Hugo Navarro |
| Vicar General | Jorge Alvaro Fernández Pazos |
| founding | 1993 |
| surface | 37,130 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 345,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 293,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 84.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,720 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 13 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 12 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
The Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro ( latin Dioecesis Rivi Nigri Vallensis Superioris , Spanish diócesis de Alto Valle del Río Negro ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese based in General Roca .
It was separated from the diocese of Viedma on July 22, 1993 and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca as a suffragan .
The diocese includes the departments General Roca and El Cuy of the province of Río Negro . Its area is slightly larger than Baden-Württemberg , while the population only corresponds to that of Karlsruhe . So it is a sparsely populated area.
There are nine branches of women's orders and six branches of men's orders in the diocese. The cathedral in General Roca is called Nuestra Señora del Carmen .
Bishops of Alto Valle del Río Negro
- José Pedro Pozzi SDB , 1993-2003
- Néstor Hugo Navarro , 2003-2010
- Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca , since 2010