Diocese of San Martín
| Diocese of San Martín | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Buenos Aires |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Auxiliary bishop | Han Lim Moon |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo |
| founding | April 10, 1961 |
| surface | 99 km² |
| Parishes | 40 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 760.800 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 536,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 70.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.147 |
| Permanent deacons | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 48 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 132 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Jesús Buen Pastor |
| address | San Lorenzo 2416 1650 San Martín [Buenos Aires] Argentina |
The Diocese of San Martín ( lat. : Dioecesis Foromartiniensis , span. : Diócesis de San Martín ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Martín .
history
The diocese of San Martín was on April 10, 1961 by Pope Paul VI. built with the papal bull Hispanis linguae from cessions of territory of the diocese of Morón and the diocese of San Isidro and subordinated to the archbishopric of Buenos Aires as a suffragan diocese. On July 11, 1978, the Diocese of San Martín gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of San Miguel .
Bishops of San Martín
- Manuel Menéndez , 1961-1991
- Luis Héctor Villalba , 1991–1999, then Archbishop of Tucumán
- Raúl Omar Rossi , 2000-2003
- Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo , 2003–2018
-
Miguel Ángel D'Annibale , 2018–2020
- Sedis vacancy since April 14, 2020
See also
Web links
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