Diocese of Reconquista
| Diocese of Reconquista | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz |
| Diocesan bishop | Ángel José Macín |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 35,000 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 283,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 249,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 88% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,298 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 7 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 58 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | http://www.obispadorqta.org.ar/portal/ |
The Diocese of Reconquista ( lat. : Dioecesis Reconquistensis , span. : Diócesis de Reconquista ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Reconquista .
history
The Diocese of Reconquista was founded on February 11, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Papal Bull Nobilis Argentinae Nationis Ecclesia from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese. On April 10, 1961, the Diocese of Reconquista gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Rafaela .
Cathedral Inmaculada Concepción in Reconquista
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Bishops of Reconquista
- Juan José Iriarte , 1957–1984, then Archbishop of Resistencia
- Fabriciano Sigampa , 1985–1992, then Bishop of La Rioja
- Juan Rubén Martinez , 1994–2000, then Bishop of Posadas
- Andrés Stanovnik OFMCap , 2001–2007, then Archbishop of Corrientes
- Ramón Alfredo Dus , 2008–2013, then Archbishop of Resistencia
- Ángel José Macín , since 2013