The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná in Entre Ríos Province, eastern-central Argentina. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San José, dedicated to

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

, in Gualeguaychú, also in Entre Rios province, which also has a Minor basilica : Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Concepción del Uruguay.

History

Established on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Paraná.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 308,410 Catholics (89.7% of 343,789 total) on 33,887 km² in 35 parishes and a mission with 61 priests (48 diocesan, 13 religious), 4 deacons, 77 lay religious (23 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Bishops

Ordinaries

# Jorge Ramón Chalup (1957-1966) # Pedro Boxler (1967-1996) #

Luis Guillermo Eichhorn Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (26 June 1942 – 25 May 2022) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church. Eichhorn was born in Gilbert, Entre Ríos Gilbert (Argentina) is a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in north-easte ...

(1996-2004), appointed Bishop of Morón # Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2005-2016), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo # Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (2017–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Ricardo Oscar Faifer, appointed Bishop of Goya in 2002

Sources and external links