Diocese of Formosa Dioecesis Formosae Diócesis de Formosa | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Resistencia |
Metropolitan | Resistencia |
Statistics | |
Area | 72,066 km2 (27,825 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 566,000 480,000 (84.8%) |
Parishes | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 February 1957 (64 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 |
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