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Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista

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Parishes
  
20

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
35,000 km²

Bishop
  
Ángel José Macín

Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 273,000 240,000 (87.9%)

Established
  
11 February 1957 (60 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Reconquista, Santa Fe

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz

Patron saints
  
Saint Joseph, John the Apostle

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista (Latin: Dioecesis Reconquistensis) is located in the city of Reconquista, in the north of the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina.

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History

On 11 February 1957 Pope Pius XII founded the Diocese of Reconquista from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. It lost territory to the Diocese of Rafaela in 1961.

Ordinaries

  • Juan José Iriarte (1957 − 1984) appointed, Archbishop of Resistencia
  • Fabriciano Sigampa (1985 − 1992) appointed, Bishop of La Rioja
  • Juan Rubén Martinez (1994 − 2000) appointed, Bishop of Posadas
  • Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. (2001 − 2007) appointed, Archbishop of Corrientes
  • Ramón Alfredo Dus (2008 − 2013) appointed, Archbishop of Resistencia
  • Ángel José Macín (2013 − present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista Wikipedia
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