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Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción

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Parishes
  
19

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
11,600 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alfredo Zecca

Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 320,000 291,600 (91.1%)

Established
  
12 August 1963 (53 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Concepción, Tucumán

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.

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History

On 12 August 1963 Blessed John XXIII founded the Diocese of Concepción from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Tucumán.

Ordinaries

  • Juan Carlos Ferro (1963 - 1980)
  • Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. (1980 - 1991)
  • Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. (1992 - 2001)
  • Armando José María Rossi, O.P. (2001 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción Wikipedia
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