The Roman Catholic Diocese of Posadas (Latin: Dioecesis Posadensis) is a Catholic diocese located in the city of Posadas, Misiones in the ecclesiastical province of Corrientes in Argentina.
Diocese of Posadas Dioecesis Posadensis Diócesis de Posadas | |
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 Cathedral of St Joseph | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Corrientes |
| Metropolitan | Corrientes |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 13,206 km2 (5,099 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 769,000 552,890 (71.9%) |
| Parishes | 37 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11 February 1957 (67 years ago) |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral in Posadas, Misiones |
| Patron saint | St Ignatius of Loyola St Roque González de Santa Cruz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Juan Rubén Martinez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrés Stanovnik |
History edit
On 11 February 1957, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Posadas from the Diocese of Corrientes. It lost territory in 1986 when the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú was established and again in 2009 when the Diocese of Puerto Oberá was established.[1][2]
Bishops edit
Ordinaries edit
- Jorge Kémérer S.V.D. (1957–1986)
- Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (1986–1993), appointed Archbishop of Resistencia
- Alfonso Delgado Evers (1994–2000), appointed Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
- Juan Rubén Martinez (2000– )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop edit
- Victor Selvino Arenhart, appointed Bishop of Oberá in 2009
References edit
- ^ "Diocese of Posadas". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Diocese of Posadas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
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