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Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquén

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Parishes
  
53

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
94,078 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Carlos María Franzini

Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquén

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)494,358435,035 (88%)

Established
  
10 April 1961 (55 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians in Neuquén

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquén (Latin: Dioecesis Neuquenianus) covers Neuquén Province, in Argentina. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Mendoza.

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History

On 10 April 1961, Blessed John XXIII established the Diocese of Neuquén from the Diocese of Viedma.

Ordinaries

  • Jaime Francisco de Nevares (1961 - 1991)
  • Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. (1991 - 2001)
  • Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. (2002 - 2011)
  • Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (2011–present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquén Wikipedia
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