Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno (erected 13 May 1997) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, having had change of metropolitan from Buenos Aires in 2019.

Diocese of Merlo-Moreno

Dioecesis Merlensis-Morenensis

Diócesis de Merlo-Moreno
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceMercedes-Luján
MetropolitanMercedes-Luján
Statistics
Area301 km2 (116 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
850,591
701,737 (82.5%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 May 1997 (26 years ago)
CathedralParroquia Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Patron saintOur Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJuan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F.
Metropolitan ArchbishopJorge Eduardo Scheinig
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The patroness is the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.

The partidos (departments) that fall into the diocese are Merlo and Moreno.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishop

  • Oscar Eduardo Miñarro (2016– )

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Gabriel Bernardo Barba, appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere in 2013
  • Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, appointed Bishop of Salto, Uruguay in 2018
  • Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary – Cathedral of Merlo-Moreno (in Spanish)
  • "Diocese of Merlo-Moreno". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 20 October 2022.


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