Diocese of Concordia
Diocese of Concordia | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Argentina |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Paraná |
Diocesan bishop | Luis Armando Collazuol |
Vicar General | Alfonso Frank |
founding | 1961 |
surface | 15,000 km² |
Parishes | 30 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Residents | 324,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics | 292,700 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
proportion of | 90.3% |
Diocesan priest | 48 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6,098 |
Friars | 4 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 50 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | San Antonio de Padua |
address | Obispado Calle Pellegrini 800 E3200AMN Concordia [Entre Ríos] Argentina |
Website | www.diocesisconcordia.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia ( lat. : Dioecesis Foroconcordiana , span. : Diócesis de Concordia ) is one in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Concordia .
history
The diocese Concordia was on April 10, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. Erected with the papal bull Ad perpetuam rei memoriam from ceding territories of the Archdiocese of Paraná and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Concordia
- Ricardo Rösch , 1961–1976
- Adolfo Gerstner , 1977–1998
- Héctor Sabatino Cardelli , 1998–2004, then Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
- Luis Armando Collazuol , since 2004