Diocese of Villa María
Civitatis Mariae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Villa María, Argentina
Latin Catholic diocese in Cordoba Province, Argentina, erected on 11 February 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cordoba, led by Bishop Samuel Jofre Giraudo since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1957
- Latin
- Civitatis Mariae
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000108
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 305,000
- Population
- 382,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.8%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 6,354
- Extent
- 28,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Samuel Jofré Giraudo
- Born
- 8 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Córdoba
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 Villa María, 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 Córdoba
A suffragan of Córdoba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cruz del EjeCruz del Eje
- Archdiocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of Deán FunesDeán Funes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the ecclesiastical province of Córdoba, Argentina, the city of Villa María gives its seat and name to this Catholic diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Civitatis Mariae.
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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.