Diocese of San Rafael
Fororaphaëlien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Rafael, Argentina
Latin rite diocese in San Rafael, Mendoza Province, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mendoza. The see is sede vacante following the 2025 resignation of Bishop Carlos Maria Dominguez, with Bishop Marcelo Fabian Mazzitelli serving as Apostolic Administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1961
- Latin
- Fororaphaëlien(sis)
- Patron
- St Raphael the Archangel, Our Lady of Lourdes, Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002938
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 246,790
- Population
- 230,000
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 2,350
- Extent
- 87,286 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.8
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 25 June 1960
- 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 St Raphael the Archangel in San Rafael stands in San Rafael, 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 Mendoza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mendoza.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MendozaMendoza
- Diocese of NeuquénNeuquén
- Diocese of San LuisSan Luis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 10 April 1961, the Diocese of San Rafael (Latin: Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis) is a Roman Catholic see based in San Rafael, Argentina.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, Rivadavia 415, m5600fqa San Rafael [Mendoza], Argentina
- Telephone and fax
- [02604]422.815
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.