Diocese of Rafaela
Raphaëlien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rafaela, Argentina
The Diocese of Rafaela is a Latin rite diocese in central and northern Santa Fe province, Argentina, erected in 1961. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, and Pedro Javier Torres has been its bishop since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1961
- Latin
- Raphaëlien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Guadalupe; Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002711
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 289,690
- Population
- 325,126
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.1%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 6,897
- Extent
- 38,320 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.6
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
- Pedro Javier Torres
- Born
- 26 October 1946
- Birthplace
- Lomas de Zamora
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 Rafael stands in Rafaela, 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 Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ReconquistaReconquista
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera CruzSanta Fe de la Vera Cruz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, Gral. Mariano Necochea 150, s2300ied Rafaela [Santa Fe], Argentina
- Telephone
- [03492]424.637
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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.