Diocese of La Rioja
Diocese of La Rioja | |
Basic data | |
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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
- 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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