Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná in Entre Ríos Province, eastern-central Argentina.
Diocese of Gualeguaychú Dioecesis Gualeguaychensis Diócesis de Gualeguaychú | |
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 Cathedral of St. Joseph by Bernardo Poncini | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paraná |
| Metropolitan | Paraná |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 33,887 km2 (13,084 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 326,500 294,000 (90%) |
| Parishes | 34 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11 February 1957 |
| Cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral, Gualeguaychú |
| Patron saint | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jorge Eduardo Lozano |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Juan Alberto Puiggari |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Gualeguaychú, also in Entre Rios province, which also has a Minor basilica : Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Concepción del Uruguay.
History
Established on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Paraná.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 308,410 Catholics (89.7% of 343,789 total) on 33,887 km² in 35 parishes and a mission with 61 priests (48 diocesan, 13 religious), 4 deacons, 77 lay religious (23 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Jorge Ramón Chalup (1957-1966)
- Pedro Boxler (1967-1996)
- Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (1996-2004), appointed Bishop of Morón
- Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2005-2016), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop and later Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
- Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (2017–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Ricardo Oscar Faifer, appointed Bishop of Goya in 2002
Sources and external links
- "Diocese of Gualeguaychú". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-31. [self-published]