Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú

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Diocese of Gualeguaychú

Dioecesis Gualeguaychensis

Diócesis de Gualeguaychú
Cathedral of St. Joseph by Bernardo Poncini
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical provinceParaná
MetropolitanParaná
Statistics
Area33,887 km2 (13,084 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
326,500
294,000 (90%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationCatholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1957
CathedralSt. Joseph's Cathedral, Gualeguaychú
Patron saint
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJorge Eduardo Lozano
Metropolitan ArchbishopJuan Alberto Puiggari
Website
Website of the Diocese[dead link]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná in Entre Ríos Province, eastern-central Argentina.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Gualeguaychú, also in Entre Rios province, which also has a Minor basilica : Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Concepción del Uruguay.

History

Established on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Paraná.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 308,410 Catholics (89.7% of 343,789 total) on 33,887 km² in 35 parishes and a mission with 61 priests (48 diocesan, 13 religious), 4 deacons, 77 lay religious (23 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  1. Jorge Ramón Chalup (1957-1966)
  2. Pedro Boxler (1967-1996)
  3. Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (1996-2004), appointed Bishop of Morón
  4. Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2005-2016), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
  5. Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (2017–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

Sources and external links

  • "Diocese of Gualeguaychú". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-31. [self-published]