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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Resistencia

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
28,250 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Carmelo Giaquinta

Parishes
  
30

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 595,000 495,000 (83.2%)

Established
  
3 June 1939 (77 years ago)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia (Latin: Archidioecesis Resistenciae) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Formosa and San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña.

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History

On 3 June 1939, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Resistencia from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. It lost territory to the Diocese of Formosa when it was created in 1957 and to the Diocese of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in 1961. The Diocese of Resistencia was elevated to an archdiocese by Blessed John Paul II on 28 February 1984.

Ordinaries

  • Nicolás de Carlo (1940–1951)
  • Enrique Rau (1954–1957)
  • José Agustín Marozzi (1957–1984)
  • Juan José Iriarte (1984–1991)
  • Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (1993–2005) - Archbishop Emeritus
  • Fabriciano Sigampa (2005–present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia Wikipedia
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