Diocese of Mar del Plata

Maris Platen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mar del Plata, Argentina

Diocese of Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires Province, erected in 1957 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of La Plata. Bishop Ernesto Giobando, S.J., was appointed in December 2024. The cathedral is the Basilica of Saints Peter and Cecilia.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 11 February 1957
Latin: Maris Platen(sis)
Patron: Saint Cecilia
Annuario code: 001002161

The see in figures

Catholics: 662,186
Population: 827,732
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 80.0%
Priests: 67
Catholics per priest: 9,883
Extent: 22,895 km²
Catholics per km²: 29

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: Ernesto Giobando, 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 Basilica of Saints Peter and Cecilia stands in Mar del Plata, 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.