Diocese of Formosa (Argentina)
Diocese of Formosa (Argentina) | |
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Country | Argentina |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Resistencia |
Diocesan bishop | José Vicente Conejero Gallego |
Vicar General | Michele Pessuto |
founding | 1957 |
surface | 72,066 km² |
Parishes | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 554,956 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 472,067 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 85.1% |
Diocesan priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 11.802 |
Permanent deacons | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 67 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
address | Obispado Calle España 975 3600 Formosa Argentina |
The Diocese of Formosa ( lat. : Dioecesis Formosae , span. : Diócesis de Formosa ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Formosa .
history
The Diocese of Formosa was founded on February 11, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. with the papal bull Quandoquidem adoranda from cessions of territory of the diocese Resistencia . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Resistencia as a suffragan .
Bishops of Formosa
- Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina OFM , 1957–1978
- Dante Carlos Sandrelli , 1978-1998
- José Vicente Conejero Gallego , since 1998