Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero
Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero Diócesis de Santiago del Estero | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tucumán |
| Metropolitan | Tucumán |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 81,969 km2 (31,648 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 686,000 605,000 (88.2%) |
| Parishes | 44 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 March 1907 (117 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Patron saint | St James the Greater Our Lady of Consolation Sumampa |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vicente Bokalic Iglic |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola |
| Bishops emeritus | Francisco Polti Santillán |
| Website | |
| www.obispadosgo.org.ar | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Tucumán.
History
[edit]On 10 April 1961 Pope John XXIII founded the Diocese of Santiago del Estero from territory taken from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Diocese of Añatuya when that diocese was created in 1961.[1][2]
On 22 July 2024, Pope Francis elevated the diocese to an Archdiocese.[3]
Leadership
[edit]- Bishops
- Juan Martín Yáñez (1910–1926)
- Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1927–1939), appointed archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
- José Weimann, C.Ss.R. (1940–1961)
- Manuel Tato (1961–1980)
- Manuel Guirao (1981–1994)
- Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1994–1998)
- Juan Carlos Maccarone (1999–2005)
- Francisco Polti Santillán (2006–2013)
- Vicente Bokalic Iglic (2013–2024)
- Archbishops
- Vicente Bokalic Iglic (2024–present)
- Coadjutor bishops
- Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1993–1994)
- Auxiliary bishops
- Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (2008-2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio
- Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola (2017-
Statistics
[edit]As of 2022[update], it pastorally served 728,824 Catholics (90% of 809,804 total) on 72,273 km2 in 45 parishes with 53 priests (38 diocesan, 15 religious), 73 lay religious (20 brothers, 53 sisters) and 13 permanent deacons.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Diocese of Santiago del Estero". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ "Diocese of Santiago del Estero". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
- ^ https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/07/22/240722a.html
- ^ https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsaes.html
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