Roman Catholic Diocese of Orán

Diocese of Orán
Dioecesis Novoraniensis
Diócesis de Orán
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical province Salta
Metropolitan Salta
Statistics
Area 55,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
321,100
280,000 (87.2%)
Parishes 19
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 10 April 1961 (57 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St Raymond Nonnatus in Orán, Salta
Patron saint St Raymond Nonnatus
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orán (Latin: Dioecesis Novoraniensis) is located in the city of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Salta.

History

On 10 April 1961, Blessed John XXIII established the Diocese of Orán from the Archdiocese of Salta.[1][2]

Ordinaries

  • Francisco Felipe de la Cruz Muguerza, O.F.M. † (12 June 1961 – 2 May 1969) Died
  • Manuel Guirao † (31 October 1970 – 20 January 1981) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago del Estero
  • Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo † (30 April 1982 – 15 May 1993) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Santiago del Estero
  • Mario Antonio Cargnello (7 April 1994 – 24 June 1998) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta
  • Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. (2 June 1999 – 14 October 2008) Appointed, Bishop of Lomas de Zamora
  • Marcelo Daniel Colombo (8 May 2009 – 8 July 2013)
  • Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta (23 July 2013 – 1 August 2017) Resigned citing health reasons. On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him as Councilor of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA).[3][4]
  • Luis Antonio Scozzina O.F.M. (6 April 2018 - ) [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Orán". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Orán". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Orán: Renunció el Obispo Gustavo Zanchetta". Informate Salta (in Spanish). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/12/19/0914/01948.html
  5. ↑ "APPOINTMENT OF BR. LUIS ANTONIO SCOZZINA, OFM AS BISHOP OF ORÁN, ARGENTIN". Ordo Fratrum Minorum. Retrieved 7 April 2018.


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