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Roman Catholic Diocese of Orán

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Parishes
  
19

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Mario Antonio Cargnello

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
55,000 km²

Bishop
  
Marcelo Daniel Colombo

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 321,100 280,000 (87.2%)

Established
  
10 April 1961 (55 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Raymond Nonnatus in Orán, Salta

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orán (Latin: Dioecesis Novoraniensis) is located in the city of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Salta.

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History

On 10 April 1961, Blessed John XXIII established the Diocese of Orán from the Archdiocese of Salta.

Ordinaries

  • Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. † (12 June 1961 - 2 May 1969) Died
  • Manuel Guirao † (31 October 1970 - 20 January 1981) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago del Estero
  • Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo † (30 April 1982 - 15 May 1993) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Santiago del Estero
  • Mario Antonio Cargnello (7 April 1994 - 24 June 1998) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta
  • Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. (2 June 1999 - 14 October 2008) Appointed, Bishop of Lomas de Zamora
  • Marcelo Daniel Colombo (8 May 2009 – Present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Orán Wikipedia
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