Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón

The Diocese of Morón is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Diocese of Morón

Dioecesis Moronensis

Diócesis de Morón
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of the Good Journey
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
MetropolitanBuenos Aires
Statistics
Area130 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
655,000
511,737 (78%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 February 1957 (66 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Morón
Patron saintImmaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJorge Vázquez
Metropolitan ArchbishopMario Aurelio Poli

Its cathedra is a Minor Basilica : 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

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 – ...)

Coadjutor bishop

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

See also

References

    • GCatholic - data for all sections [self-published]
    • "Diocese of Morón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 17 May 2007. [self-published]


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