Diocese of La Rioja
| Diocese of La Rioja | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo |
| Diocesan bishop | Dante Gustavo Braida |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Roberto Rodríguez |
| founding | 1934 |
| surface | 89,680 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 367,720 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 319,666 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 86.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,949 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Nicolás de Bari |
| Website | https://diocesisdelarioja.wordpress.com/ |
The Diocese of La Rioja ( Latin Dioecesis Rioiensis , Spanish diócesis de La Rioja ) is one in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in La Rioja .
history
The diocese of La Rioja was founded on April 20, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. built from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Córdoba . The diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo as a suffragan .
Bishops of La Rioja
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- Froilán Ferreira Reinafé , 1934–1964
- Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila , 1964–1968
- Enrique Angelelli , 1968-1976
- Bernhard Heinrich Witte OMI , 1977–1992, then Bishop of Concepción
- Fabriciano Sigampa , 1992–2005, then Archbishop of Resistencia
- Roberto Rodríguez , 2006–2013
- Marcelo Daniel Colombo , 2013–2018, then Archbishop of Mendoza
- Dante Gustavo Braida , since 2018
See also
Web links
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