The Diocese of San Isidro is an administrative division of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. It was established on 11 February 1957 and covers an area of 1,379 square kilometres (532 sq mi).[1]
Diocese of San Isidro Dioecesis Sancti Isidori in Argentina Diócesis de San Isidro | |
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 Cathedral of St. Isidor the Worker | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
| Metropolitan | Buenos Aires |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,379 km2 (532 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,145,000 1,091,000 (95.3%) |
| Parishes | 66 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11 February 1957 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Isidore the Laborer in San Isidoro |
| Patron saint | St Isidore the Laborer |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Óscar Vicente Ojea |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Aurelio Poli |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
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| Bishops emeritus | Jorge Casaretto |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
Bishops edit
Ordinaries edit
- Antonio María Aguirre (1957–1985)
- Jorge Casaretto (1985–2011)
- Óscar Vicente Ojea (since 2011)
Coadjutor bishop edit
- Jorge Casaretto (1983–1985)
Auxiliary bishops edit
- Justo Oscar Laguna (1975–1980), appointed Bishop of Morón
- Martín Fassi (2014–2020), appointed Bishop of San Martín
- Guillermo Eduardo Caride (2018–
- Raúl Pizarro, elect (2020–
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit
- Carlos María Franzini, appointed Bishop of Rafaela in 2000
- Miguel Ángel D’Annibale, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos in 2011
- Jorge Eduardo Scheinig, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján in 2017
- Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza in 2017
- Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2017
References edit
- ^ "Diocese of San Isidro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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