The Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno (erected 13 May 1997) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, having had change of metropolitan from Buenos Aires in 2019.
The
patroness is the
Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.
The
partidos (
departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
) that fall into the diocese are
Merlo and
Moreno.
Bishops
Ordinaries
* (1997–2012); he resigned and Bishop Emeritus of
San Isidro was named
Apostolic Administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...
by
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereig ...
on Tuesday, 26 June 2012
*
Fernando Carlos Maletti
Fernando Carlos Maletti (17 March 1949 – 8 March 2022) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church in Argentina. He served as bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche from 2001 until 2013 and as the bishop of Merlo-Moreno from 2013 until his ...
(2013–2022)
* ,
C.M.F. (2022– )
Auxiliary bishop
* (2016– )
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
* , appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere in 2013
*
Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, appointed Bishop of Salto, Uruguay in 2018
External links and references
Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary – Cathedral of Merlo-Moreno
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Mercedes-Luján
Christian organizations established in 1997
Merlo Partido
Moreno Partido
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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