Diocese of Goya
| Diocese of Goya | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Corrientes |
| Diocesan bishop | Adolfo Ramón Canecín |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ricardo Oscar Faifer |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 33,603 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 305,300 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 281,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 92% |
| Diocesan priest | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,386 |
| Permanent deacons | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | http://www.obispadodegoya.org.ar |
The Diocese of Goya ( lat. : Dioecesis Goyanensis , span. : Diócesis de Goya ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Goya .
history
The Diocese of Goya was founded on April 10, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. built with the papal bull Quotiens amplo from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Corrientes and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On July 3, 1979, the Diocese of Goya gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Santo Tomé .
Bishops of Goya
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- Alberto Devoto , 1961-1984
- Luis Teodorico Stöckler , 1985–2002, then Bishop of Quilmes
- Ricardo Oscar Faifer , 2002–2015
- Adolfo Ramón Canecín , since 2015