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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Luis

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Parishes
  
47

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alfonso Delgado Evers

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
76,748 km²

Patron saint
  
Louis IX of France

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 385,000 365,000 (94.8%)

Established
  
20 April 1934 (82 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in San Luis

Bishop
  
Pedro Daniel Martinez Perea

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Luis, is located in the city of San Luis, capital city of San Luis Province in the Cuyo region of Argentina.

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History

On 20 April 1934 Pope Pius XI founded the archdiocese as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Juan de Cuyo from territory taken from the Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo.

Ordinaries

  • Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti (1934 - 1945)
  • Emilio Antonio di Pasquo (1946 - 1961)
  • Carlos María Cafferata (1961 - 1971)
  • Juan Rodolfo Laise O.F.M.Cap. (1971 - 2001)
  • Jorge Luis Lona (2001 - February 22, 2011)
  • Pedro Daniel Martinez Perea (February 22, 2011 - present); previously, had been Coadjutor Bishop

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Luis Wikipedia
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