Diocese of San Justo
Sancti Iusti
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Justo, Argentina
Latin rite diocese in San Justo, Buenos Aires Province, erected by Pope Paul VI on 18 July 1969 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. Its ordinary since 2014 is Bishop Eduardo Horacio Garcia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 July 1969
- Latin
- Sancti Iusti
- Patron
- Saints Justus and Pastor
- Annuario code
- 001002918
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 975,000
- Population
- 1,083,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 16,810
- Extent
- 130 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7,500
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
- Eduardo Horacio García
- Born
- 22 January 1956
- 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 Saints Justus and Pastor stands in San Justo, 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:
- Diocese of Avellaneda–LanúsAvellaneda–Lanús
- Archdiocese of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of Gregorio de LaferrereGregorio de Laferrere
- Diocese of Lomas de ZamoraLomas de Zamora
- Diocese of MorónMorón
- Diocese of QuilmesQuilmes
- Diocese of San Charbel en Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of San IsidroSan Isidro
- Diocese of San MartínSan Martín
- Diocese of San MiguelSan Miguel
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.