Diocese of Orán

Novoranien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orán, Argentina

The Diocese of the New Orán is a Latin rite diocese seated in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Salta province, Argentina, erected in 1961. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta. Coadjutor bishop Claudio Pablo Castricone was named in 2026.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 10 April 1961
Latin: Novoranien(sis)
Patron: Saint Raymond Nonnatus (San Ramón Nonato)
Annuario code: 001002464

The see in figures

Catholics: 329,750
Population: 378,554
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 87.1%
Priests: 32
Catholics per priest: 10,305
Extent: 56,880 km²
Catholics per km²: 5.8

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: Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M.Cap.

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 San Ramón Nonato stands in Orán, 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 Salta

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Salta.

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.