Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Tucumán.
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Diocese of Santiago del Estero Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero Diócesis de Santiago del Estero | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Tucumán |
Metropolitan | Tucumán |
Statistics | |
Area | 81,969 km2 (31,648 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 686,000 605,000 (88.2%) |
Parishes | 44 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 March 1907 (117 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in San Miguel de Tucumán |
Patron saint | St James the Greater Our Lady of Consolation Sumampa |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Vicente Bokalic Iglic |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
Auxiliary Bishops | Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio, in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, by Pope Francis, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015; he will assist and eventually succeed the diocesan Bishop there when he retires or dies)[1][2] Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola |
Bishops emeritus | Francisco Polti Santillán |
Website | |
www.obispadosgo.org.ar |
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