The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia ( la, Archidioecesis Resistenciae) is in

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and is a

metropolitan diocese A metropolis religious jurisdiction, or a metropolitan archdiocese, is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces ...

. Its

suffragan see A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, ...

s include

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and San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña.

History

On 3 June 1939,

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

established the Diocese of Resistencia from the

Archdiocese of Santa Fe The Archdiocese of Santa Fe ( la, Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei in America Septentrionali, link=no, es, Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe, link=no) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the southwestern region of the United States in ...

. It lost territory to the Diocese of Formosa when it was created in 1957 and to the Diocese of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in 1961. The Diocese of Resistencia was elevated to an archdiocese by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

on 28 February 1984.

Ordinaries

Nicolás de Carlo 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), ...

(1940–1951) *

Enrique Rau Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk ( ...

(1954–1957) *

José Agustín Marozzi José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1957–1984) *

Juan José Iriarte ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(1984–1991) * Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (1993–2005) - Archbishop Emeritus *

Fabriciano Sigampa Fabriciano Sigampa (15 September 1936 – 31 March 2021) was an Argentine Roman Catholic archbishop. Sigampa was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista, Ar ...

(2005–present)

Territorial losses

External links and references

Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Resistencia Christian organizations established in 1939 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1939 establishments in Argentina {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub