Diocese of Viedma
Viedmen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Viedma, Argentina
Latin Catholic diocese in Rio Negro Province, Argentina, erected on 20 April 1934. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, led by Bishop Esteban Maria Laxague, S.D.B., since 2002. No standalone official diocesan website could be verified.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1934
- Latin
- Viedmen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001000101
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 115,000
- Population
- 157,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.2%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 12,778
- Extent
- 89,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.
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 Our Lady of Mercy stands in Viedma, 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 Bahía Blanca
A suffragan of Bahía Blanca.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Bahía BlancaBahía Blanca
- Diocese of Comodoro RivadaviaComodoro Rivadavia
- Diocese of EsquelEsquel
- Diocese of RawsonRawson
- Diocese of Santa RosaSanta Rosa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on April 20, 1934, the Diocese of Viedma (Dioecesis Viedmensis) lies within the Ecclesiastical Province of Bahía Blanca, suffragan to that metropolitan archdiocese. As of 2006 its bishop was Monsignor Esteban María Laxague, a Salesian of Don Bosco, whom Pope John Paul II appointed on October 31, 2002. Before him, HVRE Marcelo Angiolo Melani served as bishop from June 28, 1995 until 2002, when Laxague succeeded him.
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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.