The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rosario ( la, Archidioecesis Rosariensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in the southern part of the

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of Santa Fe,

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, with its mother church, the

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, located in the city of

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

. The

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since 22 December 2005 is

José Luis Mollaghan José Luis Mollaghan (born 2 May 1946) is an Argentinian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2014 he has been an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He previously held positions in Argentina, including Auxiliary Bish ...

and the Auxiliary Bishop was Sergio Fenoy, until he was appointed Bishop of San Miguel the 5 December 2006. The former archbishop

Eduardo Mirás Eduardo Vincente Mirás (14 November 1929 – 24 February 2022) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop. Mirás was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1952. He served as titular bishop of ''Ambia'' and as auxiliary bishop of ...

served as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese between 22 December 2005 and 18 March 2006, the date that Msgr. Mollaghan was installed. The Archdiocese has an area of 13,500 km² and a population of around 1,700,000, with 121

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es. Its

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includes the departments of

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, General López, Iriondo,

and

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, plus almost the whole departments of

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and Constitución. It has two

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, corresponding to the dioceses of San Nicolás de los Arroyos and

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History

The diocese was created by

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through the bull ''Nobilis Argentinae Nationis Ecclesia'' on 20 April 1934, along with nine others, citing a lack of sufficient

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s to attend to the population. The first bishop was

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, who was elevated to the episcopal dignity specifically for this post; at the time he was the General Counselor of the Argentine Catholic Action. Rosario was raised to archdiocese by

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on 12 August 1963. On 7 October 1966 (day of the Virgin of the Rosary), the pope named Rosario "City of Mary" and elevated the Cathedral to

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. On July 15, 2020, it was revealed that Rosario Bishop Eduardo Martin was criminally charged for attempting to supplant sex abuse investigations against clergy who served in the Archdiocese of Rosario.

Bishops

Ordinaries

(1935–1959), appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Cardinal in 1946) *

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(1959–1961) *

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(1963–1982) — first Archbishop of this see *

Jorge Manuel López Jorge Manuel López (5 June 1918 – 22 December 2006) was a bishop. He was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, where he was ordained priest in 1942. He was appointed auxiliary bishop in the city's diocese on 20 May 1968. He then led the Archdioce ...

(1983–1993) *

(1994–2005) *

(2006–2014), appointed Official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith * Eduardo Eliseo Martín (2014–present)

Auxiliary bishops

* Carlos María Cafferata (1956-1961), appointed Bishop of San Luis *

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(1956-1959), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos *

(1959-1961), appointed Bishop here * Benito Epifanio Rodríguez (1960-1976) *

(1968-1972), appointed Archbishop here *

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(1972), appointed Bishop of Lomas de Zamora * Atilano Vidal Núñez (1972-1985), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa * Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto (1973-1983) * Oscar Félix Villena (1982-1994) *

Mario Luis Bautista Maulión Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (4 December 1934 – 27 September 2020) was an Argentinian Roman Catholic archbishop. Maulión was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. He served as titular bishop of ''Febiana'' and was a ...

(1986-1995), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos *

Héctor Sabatino Cardelli Héctor Sabatino Cardelli (30 August 1941 – 7 November 2022) was an Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. He served as auxiliary bishop of Rosario, titular bishop of Furnos Maior, later as bishop C ...

(1995-1998), appointed Bishop of Concordia * Sergio Alfredo Fenoy, (1999-2006), appointed Bishop of San Miguel *

Luis Armando Collazuol Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

(1997-2004), appointed Bishop of Concordia

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Damián Gustavo Nannini, appointed Bishop of San Miguel in 2018

References

*
Archdiocese of Rosario
at ''AICA'' (Argentine Catholic News Agency). *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosario Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Rosario Roman Catholic Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese Christian organizations established in 1934 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century