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Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo Moreno

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Buenos Aires

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
301 km²

Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan
  
Buenos Aires

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Province
  
Buenos Aires Province

Patron saint
  
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 850,591 701,737 (82.5%)

Established
  
13 May 1997 (19 years ago)

Address
  
,B1722ESH, Juncal 400, B1722ESJ Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno (erected 13 May 1997) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

The patroness is the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.

The partidos (departments) that fall into the diocese are Merlo and Moreno.

Ordinaries

  • Fernando María Bargalló (1997 - 2012); he resigned and Bishop Emeritus Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro was named Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, 26 June 2012
  • Fernando Carlos Maletti (2013 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno Wikipedia
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