Roman Catholic Diocese of Venado Tuerto

Diocese of Venado Tuerto
Dioecesis Cervi Lusci
Diócesis de Venado Tuerto
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical province Rosario
Metropolitan Rosario
Statistics
Area 14,000 km2 (5,400 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
216,000
206,000 (95.4%)
Parishes 43
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 12 August 1963 (53 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Venado Tuerto
Patron saint Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Gustavo Arturo Help
Metropolitan Archbishop Sede Vacante
Website
www.obispadosn.org.ar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Venado Tuerto is an Argentinian diocese within the Ecclesiastical Province of Rosario.[1]

History

On 12 August 1963, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Venado Tuerto from the Diocese of Rosario, which on the same day was elevated to an archdiocese and Venado Tuerto became one of its suffragan sees.[1][2]

Ordinaries

References

  1. 1 2 "Diocese of Venado Tuerto". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. "Diocese of Venado Tuerto". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27.


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