Diocese of Santo Tomé
Sancti Thomae in Argentina
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santo Tomé, Argentina
Latin Catholic diocese in Corrientes Province, Argentina, erected on 3 July 1979 from the Archdiocese of Corrientes and the Diocese of Goya. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Corrientes, led by Bishop Gustavo Alejandro Montini since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1979
- Latin
- Sancti Thomae in Argentina
- Patron
- St. Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001002984
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Population
- 165,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.9%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 9,375
- Extent
- 29,011 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.2
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
- Gustavo Alejandro Montini
- Born
- 27 July 1970
- Birthplace
- Humberto Primo
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Santo Tomé, 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 Corrientes
A suffragan of Corrientes.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CorrientesCorrientes
- Diocese of GoyaGoya
- Diocese of OberáOberá
- Diocese of PosadasPosadas
- Diocese of Puerto IguazúPuerto Iguazú
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Santo Tomé, in Argentina's Santa Fe province, this Roman Catholic diocese bears the Latin name Sancti Thomae in Argentina.
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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.