Diocese of Azul

Azulen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Azul, Argentina

The Diocese of Azul is a Latin rite diocese in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, erected in 1934 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of La Plata. Its see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in the city of Azul.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 20 April 1934
Latin: Azulen(sis)
Patron: Our Lady of the Rosary
Annuario code: 001000771

The see in figures

Catholics: 428,000
Population: 504,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 84.9%
Priests: 49
Catholics per priest: 8,735
Extent: 64,210 km²
Catholics per km²: 6.7

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop: Hugo Manuel Salaberry, S.J.

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Azul, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of La Plata

A suffragan of Archdiocese of La Plata.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.