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Diocese of San Isidro

Sancti Isidori in Argentina

Latin rite diocese established by Pope Pius XII in 1957 in the northern Buenos Aires suburbs. It is a suffragan see of Buenos Aires and has been led by Bishop Guillermo Eduardo Caride since December 2024.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 February 1957
Latin
Sancti Isidori in Argentina
Patron
Saint Isidore the Laborer (San Isidro Labrador)
Annuario code
001002903

The see in figures

Catholics
1,202,100
Population
1,145,000
Priests
121
Catholics per priest
9,935
Extent
1,379 km²
Catholics per km²
872

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
Guillermo Eduardo Caride
Born
15 October 1946
Birthplace
Buenos Aires

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 Isidro Labrador stands in San Isidro, 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:

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.