The Roman Catholic Diocese of Venado Tuerto is an Argentinian

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within the Ecclesiastical Province of

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

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 Venado Tuerto from the Diocese of Rosario, which on the same day was elevated to an archdiocese and Venado Tuerto became one of its suffragan sees.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Fortunato Antonio Rossi Fortunato, the Italian form of the Latin Fortunatus, may refer to: * Saint Fortunatus (disambiguation), ''San Fortunato'' * Fortunato (yacht), ''Fortunato'' (yacht), a 205-foot List of yachts built by Feadship#1996–2005, megayacht built by Feadsh ...

(1963–1977), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos * Mario Picchi S.D.B. (1977–1989) *

Paulino Reale Chirina Paulino Reale Chirina (January 25, 1924 – March 29, 2012) was an Argentine Prelate of the Catholic Church. Paulino Reale Chirina was born in Canicattini Bagni Canicattini Bagni ( Sicilian: ''Janiattini'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) ...

(1989–2000) *

Gustavo Arturo Help Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, al ...

(2000–2021) *

Han Lim Moon Han may refer to: Ethnic groups * Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...

(2021–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Eduardo Eliseo Martín Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...

, appointed Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto in 2006

References

Venado Tuerto Venado Tuerto () (Spanish for ''One Eyed Deer'') is a city in the south-west of the , 322 km from the provincial capital. It has about 76,000 inhabitants (). History Venado Tuerto was founded on April 26, 1884 by Eduardo Casey, born in L ...

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