The Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro is located in the city of Comodoro, in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern

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Diocese

The

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Comodoro Rivadavia Comodoro Rivadavia () is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San ...

encompasses 234,000 km² (90,382 Square Miles) of central Patagonia covering the Province of Chubut. The Diocese was founded in 1957 from part of the Diocese of Viedma. In 1961, its southern half became the separate Diocese of

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. In 2009, part of the diocese became the Territorial Prelature of Esquel. It is a suffragan see to the

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. The

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is located in the city of Comodoro Rivadavia. It is dedicated to San Juan Bosco, the only cathedral in the world dedicated to the founder of the Salesian Order. It was inaugurated in 1979, although the

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had been dedicated in 1949.

Bishops

Ordinaries

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia is a

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of the

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. * Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava

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(13 March 1957 – 26 December 1963, appointed Archbishop of Salta) * Eugenio Santiago Peyrou S.D.B. (24 June 1964 – 19 February 1974) * Argimiro Daniel Moure Piñeiro S.D.B. (5 April 1975 – 8 September 1992) *

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S.D.B. (30 January 1993 – 19 February 2005) *

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(19 February 2005 – 10 February 2010); appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Neuquen * Joaquin Gimeno Lahoz (15 July 2010 – present); formerly Vicar General of the diocese

Auxiliary bishops

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, S.D.B. (1970-1975), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata *

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(2014-2017), appointed Bishop of Neuquén *

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(2017- *Alejandro Pablo Benna (2017-

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