The Roman Catholic Diocese of Posadas ( la, Dioecesis Posadensis) is a
Catholic
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diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
located in the city of
Posadas, Misiones
Posadas () is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, in its south, at the far north-east of the country on the left bank of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of and a population of 324,75 ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Corrientes
Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It ha ...
in
Argentina
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.
History
On 11 February 1957,
Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Posadas from the
Diocese of Corrientes. It lost territory in 1986 when the
Diocese of Puerto Iguazú was established and again in 2009 when the
Diocese of Puerto Oberá was established.
Bishops
Ordinaries
*
Jorge Kémérer S.V.D. (1957–1986)
*
Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (1986–1993), appointed Archbishop of Resistencia
*
Alfonso Delgado Evers (1994–2000), appointed Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
*
Juan Rubén Martinez
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(2000– )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Victor Selvino Arenhart, appointed Bishop of Oberá in 2009
References
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Posadas, Misiones
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