Diocese of Zárate-Campana
Diocese of Zárate-Campana | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Argentina |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján |
Diocesan bishop | Pedro Laxague |
Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Rafael Eleuterio Rey Oscar Domingo Sarlinga |
Vicar General | Edgardo Omar Galuppo Tomás Llorente MSF |
founding | 1976 |
surface | 5,924 km² |
Parishes | 33 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 728,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 660,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 90.7% |
Diocesan priest | 53 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 35 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 7,500 |
Permanent deacons | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Friars | 88 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 90 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Santa Florentina |
Co-cathedral | Natividad del Señor |
Website | www.obispadodezaratecampana.org |
The Diocese of Zárate-Campana ( Latin Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis , Spanish diócesis de Zárate-Campana ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Campana .
history
The diocese Zárate-Campana was on March 27, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. built with the papal bull Qui divino Concilio from cessions of territory of the dioceses of San Isidro and San Nicolás de los Arroyos . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of La Plata as a suffragan .
On October 4, 2019, Pope Francis subordinated the diocese to the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, which was made a metropolitan seat on the same date, as a suffragan.
Bishops of Zárate-Campana
- Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro CMF , 1976–1991
- Rafael Eleuterio Rey , 1991-2006
- Oscar Domingo Sarlinga , 2006–2015
- Pedro Laxague , since 2015
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della Provincia di Ecclesiastica Mercedes-Luján (Argentina), rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Mercedes-Luján e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita di Mercedes-Luján. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 4, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 (Italian).