The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata (erected 15 February 1897, as the Diocese of La Plata) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese and its

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Chascomús Chascomús is the principal city in Chascomús Partido in eastern Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, located south of the capital Buenos Aires. In 2001, the city had a population of 30,670. History The city was founded as a fort (the ''Fortí ...

, and

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

. It was elevated on 20 April 1934.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1898–1900), appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires * Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada (1900–1921) *

Francisco Alberti Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

(1921–1938) * Juan Pascual Chimento (1938–1946) *

Tomás Juan Carlos Solari Tomás Juan Carlos Solari (March 26, 1899 – May 13, 1954) was an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1943 till 1948, when he became archbishop of La Plata. Life Born in Buenos ...

(1948–1954) *

Antonio José Plaza Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(1955–1985) * Antonio Quarracino (1985–1990), appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Cardinal in 1991) * Carlos Walter Galán Barry (1991–2000) *

Héctor Rubén Aguer Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

(2000–2018) *

Víctor Manuel Fernández Víctor Manuel Fernández (born 18 July 1962) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church and a theologian. He served as rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina from December 2009 to April 2018. He was named Archbishop of L ...

(2018–Present)

Coadjutor archbishop

(1998–2000)

Auxiliary bishops

(1899–1917), appointed Bishop here * Santiago Luis Copello (1918–1928), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires; future Cardinal * Juan Pascual Chimento (1928–1934), appointed Bishop of Mercedes (later returned here as Archbishop) * Anunciado Serafini (1935–1939), appointed Bishop of Mercedes * Germiniano Esorto (1943–1946), appointed Bishop of Bahía Blanca * Enrique Rau (1951–1954), appointed Bishop of Resistencia *

Raúl Francisco Primatesta Raúl Francisco Primatesta (April 14, 1919 – May 1, 2006) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina, and Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba. Biography Primatesta was born in Capilla del Señor, Exaltación de la Cruz, province ...

(1957–1961), appointed Bishop of San Rafael; future Cardinal * Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1964–1972), appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata; future Cardinal * Octavio Nicolás Derisi (1970–1984) *

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, S.D.B. (1975–1978), appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto * José María Montes (1978–1983), appointed Bishop of Chascomús * Guillermo José Garlatti (1994–1997), appointed Bishop of San Rafael * Antonio Marino (2003–2011), appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata *

Nicolás Baisi Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(2010–2020), appointed Bishop of Puerto Iguazú *

Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

, O.S.A. (2012– *

Jorge Esteban González Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

(2020–

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Miguel d’Andrea --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (disambi ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 1919 *

Alejandro Schell Alejandro Schell (born 9 Oct 1897 in Tiraspol; died 1972) was a Bessarabia German clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora (erected 11 February 1957) is in Argentina a ...

(priest here, 1922–1957), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 1958

Bishops currently serving in this Archdiocese

They also appear as part of the above Bishops section. *Archbishop:

*Auxiliary Bishop:

, O.S.A. *Auxiliary Bishop:

Territorial losses

References

External links and references

Arzobispado de La Plata
''official site'' * Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of La Plata Religious organizations established in 1897 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub