Parishes 28 | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 92,100 km² Metropolitan archbishop Alfonso Delgado Evers | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)305,000265,350 (87%) Established 20 April 1934 (82 years ago) Patron saints Saint Nicholas, Francis Solanus | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja (Latin: Dioecesis Rioiensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo.
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On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja (La Rioja, Argentina), presented by Bishop Roberto Rodríguez, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law. Pope Francis appointed as the next Bishop of the same Diocese, Bishop Daniel Marcelo Colombo, until now serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran. Bishop Daniel Marcelo Colombo was born in the national capital and largest city, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 27, 1961, after earning a bachelor's degree of mercantile appraiser and the title of lawyer at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1982 he entered the seminary of Quilmes. Ordained a priest on 16 December 1988, in 1994 he obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Angelicum, in Rome. He has held various positions in different parishes, in the Curia and the Seminary of Quilmes and was professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Catholic University Argentina and Episcopal Delegate at the Catholic University of La Plata. In 2004 he was appointed parish priest of the Cathedral of Quilmes.
Appointed Bishop of Oran on May 8, 2008, was consecrated on 8 August following.
History
On 20 April 1934 Pope Pius XI founded the Diocese of La Rioja from territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán.