Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia
| Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca |
| Diocesan bishop | Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Alejandro Pablo Benna Roberto Álvarez |
| founding | February 11, 1957 |
| surface | 146,552 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 623.200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 483,186 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,805 |
| Permanent deacons | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 56 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Juan Bosco |
Located in Argentina , the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia ( Latin Dioecesis Rivadaviae , Spanish Diócesis de Comodoro Rivadavia ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Comodoro Rivadavia in southern Argentina. It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca as a suffragan .
history
The diocese was separated from the Viedma diocese on February 11, 1957 . After it had given up some areas for the establishment of the diocese of Río Gallegos on April 10, 1961 , in 1964 it counted 170,000 (91.9%) Catholics in 17 parishes with 5 diocesan priests , 33 religious priests and 56 religious sisters .
By 2004 the 32,400 km² diocese had grown to 345,000 Catholics (83.6%) in 31 parishes and 90 chapels with 28 diocesan priests , 22 religious priests and 88 religious sisters . In 2009, areas were assigned to the establishment of the Esquel Territorial Prelature .
Facilities
Within the diocese , which is a mission area of the Salesians of Don Bosco , who also held the leadership of the diocese for a long time, there is a contemplative convent, 21 branches of women's orders and five branches of various male orders.
The cathedral in Comodoro Rivadavia bears the patronage of San Juan Bosco .
Bishops
- Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava SDB , 1957–1963, then Archbishop of Salta
- Eugenio Santiago Peyrou SDB, 1964–1974
- Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro SDB, 1975-1992
- Pedro Luis Ronchino SDB, 1993-2005
- Virginio Domingo Bressanelli SCJ , 2005–2010, then Coadjutor Bishop of Neuquén
- Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz , since 2010
