Parishes 30 Phone +54 2966 42-2325 | Area 265,614 km² | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)303,000212,000 (70%) Province Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Similar Diario TiempoSur, La Opinión Austral, Casa de Gobierno de la Pro, Casino Club SA | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of Río Gallegos, the capital of the Patagonia province of Santa Cruz, Argentina.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, Argentina, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious.
History
It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Emeritus Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B., is the immediate past Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, having served from 2005 until 2012. On Saturday, February 19, 2011, the Vatican Information Service stated that Pope Benedict XVI had named the Right Reverend Monsignor Miguel Angel D'Annibale, until then the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro, as an Auxiliary Bishop-elect (assistant bishop) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos to Bishop Romanin, with the title of Titular Bishop of Nasai (in Numidia). The Auxiliary Bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1959, and was ordained a priest in 1985. On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, Pope benedict accepted Bishop Romanin's resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese, in accord with Canon 401 § 2 of the Code of Canon Law for the Western Churches. No immediate successor was named.