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Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda Lanús

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Parishes
  
50

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
98 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Mario Aurelio Poli

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)794,485635,588 (80%)

Established
  
10 April 1961 (55 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Assumption in Avellaneda

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

The Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanús (erected 10 April 1961, as the Diocese of Avellaneda) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. It was renamed on 24 April 2001.

Ordinaries

  • Emilio Antonio di Pasquo (1961–1962)
  • Jerónimo José Podestá (1962–1967)
  • Antonio Quarracino (1968–1985)
  • Rubén Héctor di Monte (1986–2000)
  • Rubén Oscar Frassia (2000 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanús Wikipedia
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