Diocese of Villa María
| Diocese of Villa María | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cordoba |
| Diocesan bishop | Samuel Jofré Giraudo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Ángel Rovai |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 28,000 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 398,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 316,800 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 79.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,591 |
| Friars | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 25 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | http://obispadovm.com.ar/ |
The Diocese of Villa María ( lat. : Dioecesis Civitatis Mariae , span. : Diócesis de Villa María ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Villa María .
history
The diocese Villa María was on February 11, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. built with the papal bull Quandoquidem adoranda from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Córdoba and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Villa María
- Alberto Deane CP , 1957-1977
- Cándido Genaro Rubiolo , 1977–1979, then Archbishop of Mendoza
- Alfredo Guillermo Disandro , 1980-1998
- Roberto Rodríguez , 1998–2006, then Bishop of La Rioja
- José Ángel Rovai , 2006–2013
- Samuel Jofré Giraudo , since 2013