Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto

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Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto

Map of the Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Basic data
Country Argentina
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Cordoba
Diocesan bishop Adolfo Armando Uriona FDP
founding April 20, 1934
surface 58,519 km²
Parishes 52 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents 470,000 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics 447,000 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of 95.1%
Diocesan priest 87 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest 13 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest 4,470
Permanent deacons 12 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars 20 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters 51 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Inmaculada Concepción
address Calle Buenos Aires 261
5800 Río Cuarto [Córdoba]
Argentina
Website diocesisriocuarto.org.ar

The Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto ( lat. : Dioecesis Rivi Quarti Immaculatae Conceptionis , span. : Diócesis de Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Rio Cuarto .

history

The diocese Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto was founded on April 20, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. established with the papal bull Nobilis Argentinae nationis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Córdoba as the Diocese of Río Cuarto . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cordoba as a suffragan . On July 12, 1995, the diocese of Río Cuarto changed its name to the Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto .

Bishops

Bishops of Río Cuarto

Bishops of the Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto

See also

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