Roman Catholic Diocese of Posadas

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
Cathedral of St Joseph
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceCorrientes
MetropolitanCorrientes
Statistics
Area13,206 km2 (5,099 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
769,000
552,890 (71.9%)
Parishes37
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1957 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral St Joseph in Posadas, Misiones
Patron saintSt Ignatius of Loyola
St Roque González de Santa Cruz
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJuan Rubén Martinez
Metropolitan ArchbishopAndrés Stanovnik

History

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

Ordinaries

  • 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

  • Victor Selvino Arenhart, appointed Bishop of Oberá in 2009

References

  1. "Diocese of Posadas". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  2. "Diocese of Posadas". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.


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