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Roman Catholic Diocese of Oberá

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Parishes
  
17

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Andrés Stanovnik

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
78,074 km²

Bishop
  
Damián Santiago Bitar

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 275,100 203,800 (74.1%)

Established
  
13 June 2009 (7 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral St Anthony of Padua in Oberá

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corrientes

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oberá (Latin: Dioecesis Oberensis) is a Catholic diocese located in the city of Oberá in the Ecclesiastical province of Corrientes in Argentina.

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History

On 13 June 2009, Pope Benedict XVI established the Diocese of Oberá from the Diocese of Posadas and the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú.

Ordinaries

  • Victor Selvino Arenhart † (13 June 2009 - 17 May 2010) Died
  • Damián Santiago Bitar (26 October 2010 - Present)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Oberá Wikipedia


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