The Diocese of Morón is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in

. Its

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is a

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: Catedral Basílica Inmaculada Concepción del Buen Viaje, in Morón, Buenos Aires, in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, capital of the Morón ''partido'', in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

History

* Erected on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Morón / Moronen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from Archdiocese of La Plata (not its Metropolitan) * Lost territories thrice : on 1961.04.10 to establish Diocese of San Martín (also from part of Diocese of San Isidro), on 1969.07.18 to establish Diocese of San Justo (also from part of Diocese of Lomas de Zamora) and on 1997.05.13 to establish Diocese of Merlo–Moreno

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 664,000 Catholics (90.7% of 732,000 total) on 130 km² in 53 parishes with 69 priests (53 diocesan, 16 religious), 30 deacons, 86 lay religious (25 brothers, 61 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

Bishops

Episcopal Ordinaries

* Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B. (1957.03.13 – retired 1980.01.22), died 1991 * Justo Oscar Laguna (1980.01.22 – retired 2004.11.30), died 2011 * Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (2004.11.30 – retired 2017.06.30), died 2022 * Jorge Vázquez (2017.06.30 – retired 2025.05.28) * Alejandro Pablo Benna (2025.05.28 – present)

Coadjutor bishop

* Jorge Vázquez (2017)

Auxiliary bishops

* Fernando María Bargalló (1994.04.27 – 1997.05.13), appointed Bishop of Merlo-Moreno * Carlos Walter Galán Barry (1981.02.11 – 1991.05.08), appointed Archbishop of La Plata

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Gerardo Tomás Farrell, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes in 1997 * José Antonio Gentico, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 2001 * Santiago Olivera, appointed Bishop of Cruz del Eje in 2008 * Gabriel Bernardo Barba (priest here, 1989-1997), appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere in 2013 * Oscar Eduardo Miñarro (priest here, 1995-1997), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno in 2016 * Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner (priest here, 1983-1997), appointed Bishop of Salto, Uruguay in 2018

References

Sources and external links

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* Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Buenos Aires Religious organizations established in 1957 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub