Diocese of San Francisco
Franciscopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Francisco, Argentina
Latin rite diocese erected by Pope John XXIII in 1961 from the Archdiocese of Cordoba, in San Francisco, Cordoba Province. It is a suffragan see of Cordoba and has been led by Bishop Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1961
- Latin
- Franciscopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima
- Annuario code
- 001002895
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 240,000
- Population
- 218,000
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 8,000
- Extent
- 19,611 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva
- Born
- 19 December 1963
- Birthplace
- San Martín
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 Francisco de Asis stands in San Francisco, 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 Cordoba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cordoba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Río CuartoRío Cuarto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, Bulev. Sáenz Peña 1442, x2400bbo San Francisco [Córdoba], Argentina
- Telephone
- [03564]426.114; fax 420.514
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.