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Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto

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Parishes
  
52

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
58,519 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Carlos José Ñáñez

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2010)453,000427,000 (94.3%)

Established
  
20 April 1934 (82 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Río Cuarto, Córdoba

Address
  
Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

Province
  
Córdoba Province, Argentina

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Córdoba

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto (Latin: Dioecesis Rivi Quarti Immaculatae Conceptionis) is located in the village of Concepción in the city of Río Cuarto, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.

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History

On 20 April 1934, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Río Cuarto from the Diocese of Córdoba. Its name was changed to the Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto on 12 July 1995.

Ordinaries

  • Leopoldo Buteler (1934–1961)
  • Moisés Julio Blanchoud (1962–1984)
  • Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana (1984–1992)
  • Ramón Artemio Staffolani (1992–2006)
  • Eduardo Eliseo Martín (2006 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto Wikipedia
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