Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
Latin rite diocese in San Nicolas de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, erected on 3 March 1947 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rosario. It is home to the Marian sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas, and its ordinary since 2016 is Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1947
- Latin
- Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas of Bari
- Annuario code
- 001002932
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 428,500
- Population
- 543,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 78.8%
- Priests
- 96
- Catholics per priest
- 4,464
- Extent
- 14,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Hugo Norberto Santiago
- Born
- 12 April 1954
- Birthplace
- María Juana
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 Nicolás de Bari stands in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, 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 Rosario
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Rosario.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RosarioRosario
- Diocese of Venado TuertoVenado Tuerto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.