Diocese of Reconquista
Reconquisten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Reconquista, Argentina
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:
- Diocese of RafaelaRafaela
- Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera CruzSanta Fe de la Vera Cruz
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.