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Diocese of Río Gallegos Dioecesis Rivogallaecensis Diócesis de Río Gallegos | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Bahía Blanca |
Metropolitan | Bahía Blanca |
Coordinates | 51°37′22″S 69°13′01″W / 51.6228°S 69.2170°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 265,614 km2 (102,554 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 303,000 212,000 (70%) |
Parishes | 30 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 10 April 1961 (63 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Lujan in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ignacio Damián Medina |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa |
Bishops emeritus | Juan Carlos Romanin, SDB |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of Río Gallegos, the capital of the Patagonia region of Santa Cruz, Argentina.
The 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.
It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.