The Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuve de Julio ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Dominici Novem Iulii) is a

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diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of

Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province Nueve de Julio is a city in Buenos Aires Province. It is named for the date of Argentina's Independence Day. It also gives its name to the administrative division of Nueve de Julio Partido. Its UN/LOCODE is AREJO. Climate Notable people * ...

. It is in the

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of Mercedes-Luján in

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, having had change of metropolitan from La Plata in 2019.

History

On 11 February 1957,

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

established the Diocese of Neuve de Julio from the Diocese of Azul and the

Diocese of Mercedes In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Agustin Adolfo Herrera (1957–1961), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Jujuy *

Antonio Quarracino Antonio Quarracino (8 August 1923 – 28 February 1998) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church of Argentina and the Archbishop of Buenos Aires between 1990 and 1998. Biography Early life and priesthood Quarracino was born in Pollica, Provin ...

(1962–1968), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Jujuy; future Cardinal *

Alejo Benedicto Gilligan Alejandro de Vivar (1635–1660), better known as Mestizo Alejo, was a Chilean mestizo, who fought in the Arauco War. He was the son of the Mapuche cacique Curivilú and the Spanish Isabel de Vivar y Castro who was captured during a Mapuche raid ...

(1969–1991) * Jose Vittorio Tommasi (1991–1998) * Martin de Elizalde,

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(1999–2015) *

Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (January 18, 1961) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero since his appointment by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on November 22, 2008. On Tuesday December, ...

(2015–Present)

Coadjutor bishop

(2015)

References

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