Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Tucumán.

Diocese of Santiago del Estero

Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero

Diócesis de Santiago del Estero
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceTucumán
MetropolitanTucumán
Statistics
Area81,969 km2 (31,648 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
686,000
605,000 (88.2%)
Parishes44
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 March 1907 (113 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in San Miguel de Tucumán
Patron saintSt James the Greater
Our Lady of Consolation Sumampa
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVicente Bokalic Iglic
Metropolitan ArchbishopCarlos Alberto Sánchez
Auxiliary BishopsAriel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio, in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, by Pope Francis, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015; he will assist and eventually succeed the diocesan Bishop there when he retires or dies)[1][2]
Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola
Bishops emeritusFrancisco Polti Santillán
Website
www.obispadosgo.org.ar

History

On 10 April 1961 Pope John XXIII founded the Diocese of Santiago del Estero from territory taken from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Diocese of Añatuya when that diocese was created in 1961.[3][4]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

  • Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1993–1994)

Auxiliary bishops

References


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