The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of
Río Gallegos
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Fl ...
, which is the capital of the
Patagonia
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region of
Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Size
The Diocese, according to the
Vatican Information Service
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(VIS), has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious.
History
It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the
Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the
Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
Bishops
;Ordinaries
* ,
S.D.B.(1961–1974)
*
Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava
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Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to:
Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
*São Miguel (disamb ...
,
S.D.B.(1975–1992)
*
Alejandro Antonio Buccolini,
S.D.B. (1992–2005)
*
Juan Carlos Romanin,
S.D.B. (2005–2012)
*
Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2013–2018), appointed Bishop of San Martín
* (2019-2023)
*
Ignacio Damián Medina (2023
– present)
;Auxiliary bishop
*
Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2011-2013), appointed Bishop here
References
External links
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Rio Gallegos
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Fl ...
Rio Gallegos
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Fl ...
Rio Gallegos
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Fl ...
Rio Gallegos
Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".
Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:
Places United States
* Rio, Fl ...
1961 establishments in Argentina
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