Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia
Rivadaviae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
The Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia is a Latin rite diocese covering Chubut province in Patagonia, Argentina, erected in 1957 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca. Its Cathedral of St. John Bosco is the only cathedral in the world dedicated to the founder of the Salesians.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1957
- Latin
- Rivadaviae
- Patron
- St. John Bosco
- Annuario code
- 001001197
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 353,000
- Population
- 422,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.6%
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 18,579
- Extent
- 234,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Jorge Luis Wagner
- Born
- 19 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Guaminí
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 St. John Bosco stands in Comodoro Rivadavia, 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 Bahía Blanca
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Bahía BlancaBahía Blanca
- Diocese of EsquelEsquel
- Diocese of RawsonRawson
- Diocese of Santa RosaSanta Rosa
- Diocese of ViedmaViedma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, Rivadavia 750, u9000akw Comodoro Rivadavia [Chubut], Argentina
- Telephone
- [0297]447.26.47
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
Catholic Intelligence
Get early access
We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].
One email at launch. Nothing else.
Already have access? Sign inSources
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.