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Diocese of Reconquista

Reconquisten(sis)

The Diocese of Reconquista is a Latin rite diocese in northern Santa Fe province, Argentina, erected in 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, and Ángel José Macín has been its bishop since 2013.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 February 1957
Latin
Reconquisten(sis)
Patron
Saint Joseph; Saint John the Evangelist
Annuario code
001002730

The see in figures

Catholics
256,600
Population
308,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
83.3%
Priests
36
Catholics per priest
7,128
Extent
35,000 km²
Catholics per km²
7.3

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
Ángel José Macín
Born
18 March 1967
Birthplace
Malabrigo

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 Reconquista, 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:

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.