The
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
Diocese of San Miguel is a
suffragan diocese
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 ...
of the
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
. It was established by
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
on 11 July 1978.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Horacio Alberto Bózzoli The name Horacio is found sporadically throughout all Latinamerica.
Historical Figures
*Horacio Quiroga, an Uruguayan author and writer.
*Horacio Carochi, an Italian Jesuit priest and grammarian
*Horacio Pagani (auto executive) (born 1955), Argen ...
(1978–1983), appointed Archbishop of Tucumán
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José Manuel Lorenzo (1983–1994)
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Abelardo Francisco Silva (1994–2000)
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José Luis Mollaghan (2000–2005), appointed Archbishop of Rosario
*
Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (2006–2018), appointed Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
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Damián Nannini (2018–present)
Coadjutor bishop
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Abelardo Francisco Silva (1994)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Nicolás Baisi, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata in 2010
References
Catholic Hierarchy
San Miguel
San Miguel
San Miguel
San Miguel
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