Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
| Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Rosario |
| Diocesan bishop | Hugo Norberto Santiago |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Héctor Sabatino Cardelli |
| founding | 1947 |
| surface | 14,500 km² |
| Parishes | 59 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 459,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 422,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 91.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 101 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,702 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 80 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Nicolás de Bari |
| Website | http://www.obispadosn.org.ar/ |
The Diocese of San Nicolas de los Arroyos ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos , Spanish diócesis de San Nicolás de los Arroyos ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Nicolas de los Arroyos .
history
The diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos was on March 3, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. built with the papal bull Maxime quidem iuvat from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of La Plata and the Diocese of Mercedes . The diocese gave up on February 11, 1957 parts of its territory establishing the diocese of San Isidro and on March 27, 1976 it ceded parts of its territory establishing the diocese of Zárate-Campana . The diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Rosario as a suffragan .
Bishops of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
Cathedral of San Nicolás de Bari in San Nicolás de los Arroyos
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- Silvino Martínez , 1954–1959, then Bishop of Rosario
- Francisco Juan Vénnera , 1959–1966
- Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon , 1966–1977
- Fortunato Antonio Rossi , 1977–1983, then Archbishop of Corrientes
- Domingo Salvador Castagna , 1984–1994, then Archbishop of Corrientes
- Mario Luis Bautista Maulión , 1995–2003, then Archbishop of Paraná
- Héctor Sabatino Cardelli , 2004–2016
- Hugo Norberto Santiago , since 2016
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Description and history on aica.org (Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina)