The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is located in the town of San Roque in the city of
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (normally known as Sáenz Peña) is a city in the . It is the second largest in the province. It is located west-northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Arg ...
, usually referred to as simply Sáenz Peña, in the province of
Chaco,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
History
On 12 August 1963,
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 ...
established the Diocese of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña from the
Diocese of Resistencia. Its name was changed to the Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña on 28 February 1992 by
Blessed John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
.
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Bishops
Ordinaries
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Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1963–1980), Appointed Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
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Abelardo Francisco Silva (1981–1994), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel
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José Lorenzo Sartori (1994–2008)
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Hugo Nicolás Barbaro (since 2008)
Auxiliary bishop
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Gustavo Alejandro Montini (2014-2016), appointed Bishop of Santo Tomé
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
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Dante Carlos Sandrelli, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Formosa
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Fernando Martín Croxatto, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia
References
Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Resistencia
Christian organizations established in 1963
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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