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. The first see of this diocese, until 1697-1699, was in

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Bishops

Ordinaries

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

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, OP (1578–1592) *

Fernando Trexo y Senabria Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M. or Hernando de Trejo y Sanabria (1547–1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1595–1614). ''(in Latin)''

, OFM (1594–1614) * Julián de Cortázar (1617–1625), appointed Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada *

Tomás de la Torre Gibaja Tomás de la Torre Gibaja, O.P. or Tomás de Torres (1570–1630) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Córdoba (1628–1630) and Bishop of Paraguay (1620–1628). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Tomás de la Torre Gibaja was born in Madri ...

, (Tomás de Torres) OP (1628–1630) * Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, OSA (1631–1662) * Francisco de Borja (1668–1679), appointed Bishop of Trujillo * Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, OSA (1679–1686) * Juan Bravo Dávila y Cartagena (1687–1691) * Juan Manuel Mercadillo, OP (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, OPraem (1762–1771), appointed Bishop of Arequipa * Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta (1771–1778), appointed Bishop of Cuzco * José Campos Julián, OCD (1778–1789), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas * Angel Mariano Moscoso Pérez y Oblitas (1787–1804) * Rodrigo Antonio de Orellana, OPraem (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, OFM (1880–1883) * Juan José Blas Tissera, OFM (1884–1886) * Reinaldo Toro, OP (1888–1904) * Zenón Bustos y Ferreyra, OFM (1904–1925) * Fermín Emilio Lafitte (1927–1958), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires * Ramón José Castellano (1958–1965) * Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1965–1998); elevated to Cardinal in 1973 * Carlos José Ñáñez (1998–2021) * Ángel Sixto Rossi, SJ (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) * Inocencio Dávila y Matos (1914–1927), appointed Bishop of Catamarca * José Anselmo Luque (1914–1930) * Leopoldo Buteler (1932–1934), appointed Bishop of Río Cuarto * Ramón José Castellano (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 * Cándido Genaro Rubiolo (1974–1977), appointed Bishop of Villa María * Alfredo Guillermo Disandro (1975–1980), appointed Bishop of Villa María *

Estanislao Esteban Karlic Estanislao Esteban Karlic (born 7 February 1926) is an Argentine cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paraná from 1986 to 2003, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. Biography Estanislao Karlic was born in Oliva ...

(1977–1983), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Paraná; future Cardinal * Jesús Arturo Roldán (1980–1991), appointed Bishop of San Rafael * Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani (1983–1989), appointed Bishop of Catamarca *

José María Arancibia José María Arancibia (11 April 1937) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Córdoba, Córdoba from 1987 until 1993 when he became coadjutor archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese o ...

(1987–1993), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mendoza * Carlos José Ñáñez (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– * Horacio José Álvarez (2023–) (nomination) * Alejandro Musolino SDB (2023–) (nomination)

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 Marcelo Raúl Martorell (1 March 1945 – 16 June 2024) was an Argentine Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Puerto Iguazú from 2006 to 2020. He died in Salta, Salta Province Salta () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, ...

, 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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