Diocese of Posadas Dioecesis Posadensis Diócesis de Posadas | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Corrientes |
Metropolitan | Corrientes |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,206 km2 (5,099 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2004) 769,000 552,890 (71.9%) |
Parishes | 37 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 February 1957 (64 years ago) |
Cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral in Posadas, Misiones |
Patron saint | St Ignatius of Loyola St Roque González de Santa Cruz |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Juan Rubén Martinez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrés Stanovnik |
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On 11 February 1957, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Posadas from the Diocese of Corrientes. It lost territory in 1986 when the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú was established and again in 2009 when the Diocese of Puerto Oberá was established. [1] [2]
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Coordinates: 27°21′57″S55°53′38″W / 27.36583°S 55.89389°W