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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz del Eje

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Parishes
  
16

Rite
  
Country
  
Metropolitan archbishop
  
Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
22,187 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Omar Félix Colomé

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)158,000147,000 (93%)

Established
  
12 August 1963 (53 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Valley in Cruz del Eje

Ecclesiastical province
  

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz del Eje (Latin: Dioecesis Crucis Axeatae) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.

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History

On 12 August 1963, Saint John XXIII established the Diocese of Cruz del Eje from the Archdiocese of Córdoba.

Ordinaries

  • Enrique Pechuán Marín (1963 - 1983)
  • Omar Félix Colomé (1984 - 2008)
  • Santiago Olivera (2008 - Present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz del Eje Wikipedia


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