Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of Río Gallegos, the capital of the Patagonia region of Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Diocese of Río Gallegos Dioecesis Rivogallaecensis Diócesis de Río Gallegos | |
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.JPG.webp) Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bahía Blanca |
| Metropolitan | Bahía Blanca |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 265,614 km2 (102,554 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 303,000 212,000 (70%) |
| Parishes | 30 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 10 April 1961 (59 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Lujan in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Guillermo José Garlatti |
| Bishops emeritus | Juan Carlos Romanin, SDB |
Size
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, Argentina, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious.
History
It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Emeritus Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B., is the immediate past Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, having served from 2005 until 2012. On Saturday, February 19, 2011, the Vatican Information Service stated that Pope Benedict XVI had named the Right Reverend Monsignor Miguel Angel D'Annibale, until then the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro, as an Auxiliary Bishop-elect (assistant bishop) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos to Bishop Romanin, with the title of Titular Bishop of Nasai (in Numidia). The Auxiliary Bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1959, and was ordained a priest in 1985.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B.(1961–1974)
- Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B.(1975–1992)
- Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. (1992–2005)
- Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. (2005–2012)
- Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2013–2018), appointed Bishop of San Martín
- Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (2019-)
Auxiliary bishop
- Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2011-2013), appointed Bishop here
