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as well as the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes. It was elevated on 20 April 1934."Diocese of Santiago del Estero"
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Bishops

Ordinaries

* Francisco Beaumonte, O.F.M. (10 May 1570 Appointed – ); did not take effect * Jerónimo Albornoz, O.F.M. (1570–1574) * Jerónimo de Villa Carrillo, O.F.M. (27 Mar 1577 Appointed – ) *

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, O.P. (1578–1592) * Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. (1594–1614) *

Julián de Cortázar Julián de Cortázar y Carrillo (15 January 1576 – 31 October 1630) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in the part of New Spain that is now Colombia. From 1618 to 1627 he served as Bishop of Córdoba in Argentina, and from 1627 ...

(1617–1625), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada * Tomás de la Torre Gibaja, (Tomás de Torres) O.P. (1628–1630) *

Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.S.A. (1588–1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1635–1662). ''(in Latin)''

, O.S.A. (1631–1662) *

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(1668–1679), appointed Bishop of Trujillo * Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.S.A. (1679–1686) * Juan Bravo Dávila y Cartagena (1687–1691) * Juan Manuel Mercadillo, O.P. (1694–1704) * Manuel González Virtus (1708–1710) * Alonso del Pozo y Silva (1713–1723), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile * José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea (1723–1730), appointed Bishop of Santiago de Chile * José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos (1730–1740), appointed Archbishop of Lima * Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1745–1762), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas * Manuel de Abad e Illanar,

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(1762–1771), appointed Bishop of Arequipa *

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(1771–1778), appointed Bishop of Cuzco * José Campos Julián, O.C.D. (1778–1789), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas * Angel Mariano Moscoso Pérez y Oblitas (1787–1804) * Rodrigo Antonio de Orellana,

(1805–1818), appointed Bishop of Ávila * Benito Lascano y Castillo (1836–1836) * José Gregorio Baigorria (1857–1858) * José Vicente Ramírez de Arellano (1858–1873) * Eduardo Manuel Alvarez (1876–1878) * Mamerto Esquiú Medina, O.F.M. (1880–1883) * Juan José Blas Tissera, O.F.M. (1884–1886) * Reinaldo Toro, O.P. (1888–1904) * Zenón Bustos y Ferreyra, O.F.M. (1904–1925) * Fermín Emilio Lafitte (1927–1958), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires *

Ramón José Castellano Ramón José Castellano (15 February 1903 – 27 January 1979) was the Argentine Archbishop of Córdoba, known to have ordained to the Catholic priesthood Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., who later became Pope Francis. Castellano was born in the ...

(1958–1965) * Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1965–1998); elevated to Cardinal in 1973 *

Carlos José Ñáñez Carlos José Ñáñez (born August 9, 1946) is an Argentinian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba from 1990 to 1995 when he was appointed Archbishop Coadjutor of Tucumán. He was Archbishop of Córdob ...

(1998–2021) * Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. (2021–present)

Auxiliary bishops

* Benito Lascano y Castillo (1830–1836), appointed Bishop here * José Hurtado de Mendoza (1842–1851); never consecrated? * Uladislao Javier Castellano (1892–1895), appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires * Rosendo de la Lastra y Gordillo (1892–1898), appointed Bishop of Paraná * Aquilino Ferreyra y Álvarez (1899–1910) * Filemón Cabanillas (1899–1913) *

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(1914–1927), appointed Bishop of Catamarca * José Anselmo Luque (1914–1930) * Leopoldo Buteler (1932–1934), appointed Bishop of Río Cuarto *

(1945–1958), appointed Archbishop here *

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(1958–1960), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of La Rioja * Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti (1960–1968), appointed Bishop of La Rioja; beatified in 2019 *

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(1974–1977), appointed Bishop of Villa María * Alfredo Guillermo Disandro (1975–1980), appointed Bishop of Villa María *

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(1977–1983), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Paraná; future Cardinal * Jesús Arturo Roldán (1980–1991), appointed Bishop of San Rafael *

Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani (April 22, 1933 – May 25, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Miani was named titular bishop of ''Carciri'' and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba, Argent ...

(1983–1989), appointed Bishop of Catamarca * José María Arancibia (1987–1993), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mendoza *

(1990–1995), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán (later returned here as Archbishop) *Roberto Rodríguez (1992–1998), appointed Bishop of Villa María * José Ángel Rovai (1999–2006), appointed Bishop of Villa María * Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga (2013– * Ricardo Orlando Seirutti García (2015–

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Nicolás Videla del Pino, appointed Bishop of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) in 1802 * Juan Martín Janiz (Yáñez) y Paz, appointed Bishop of Santiago del Estero in 1910 * Filemón Francisco Castellano, appointed Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 1957 * Marcelo Raúl Martorell, appointed Bishop of Puerto Iguazú in 2006 * Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta, appointed Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro in 2010 * Samuel Jofré Giraudo, appointed Bishop of Villa Maria in 2013 * Roberto Pío Álvarez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2017

Territorial losses

External links and references

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