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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz del Eje

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Parishes
  
16

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Carlos José Ñáñez

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
22,187 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Omar Félix Colomé

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 158,000 147,000 (93%)

Established
  
12 August 1963 (53 years ago)

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

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Córdoba

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