Diocese of Quilmes
Quilmen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Quilmes, Argentina
The Diocese of Quilmes is a Latin rite diocese covering the districts of Berazategui, Florencio Varela and Quilmes in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, erected in 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, and Carlos José Tissera has been its bishop since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 June 1976
- Latin
- Quilmen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculée Conception, Exaltation de la Sainte-Croix
- Annuario code
- 001002702
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,171,600
- Population
- 1,494,426
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 78.4%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 12,333
- Extent
- 503 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,329
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
- Carlos José Tissera
- Born
- 10 September 1951
- Birthplace
- Río Cuarto
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Quilmes, 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 Buenos Aires
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Avellaneda–LanúsAvellaneda–Lanús
- Archdiocese of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of Gregorio de LaferrereGregorio de Laferrere
- Diocese of Lomas de ZamoraLomas de Zamora
- Diocese of MorónMorón
- Diocese of San Charbel en Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of San IsidroSan Isidro
- Diocese of San JustoSan Justo
- Diocese of San MartínSan Martín
- Diocese of San MiguelSan Miguel
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.