Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa, Argentina
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Formosa Dioecesis Formosae Diócesis de Formosa | |
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![]() Cathedral of Formosa | |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Resistencia |
Metropolitan | Resistencia |
Statistics | |
Area | 72,066 km2 (27,825 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 566,000 480,000 (84.8%) |
Parishes | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 February 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Formosa |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Vicente Conejero Gallego |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fabriciano Sigampa |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa 'Dioecesis Formosae' (erected 11 February 1957) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Resistencia.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. (1957–1978)
- Dante Carlos Sandrelli (1978–1998)
- José Vicente Conejero Gallego (1998– )
Coadjutor bishop
- José Vicente Conejero Gallego (1996–1998)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Adolfo Ramón Canecín, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Goya in 2014
External links and references
- "Diocese of Formosa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-19.[self-published]
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