Roman Catholic Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
| Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos Dioecesis Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos Diócesis de San Nicolás de los Arroyos | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Bari | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Rosario |
| Metropolitan | Rosario |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 14,500 km2 (5,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 427,000 390,000 (91.3%) |
| Parishes | 51 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 March 1947 (71 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Nicholas of Myra in San Nicolás de los Arroyos |
| Patron saint | Saint Nicholas |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Héctor Sabatino Cardelli |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede Vacante |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, is located in the city of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, which is usually shortened to San Nicolás, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
History
On 3 March 1947, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos from territory taken from the Diocese of La Plata and the Diocese of Mercedes. It lost territory to the Diocese of San Isidro when it was created in 1957 and the Diocese of Zárate-Campana in 1976.[1][2]
Apparations approved
The diocesan seat, the Cathedral of St Nicholas of Myra, was home to a neglected statue of Our Lady of the Rosary that had been blessed by Pope Leo XIII. The statue was rediscovered after an image of Our Lady appeared in a vision to a local lay woman mother-of-two Gladys Motta, leading to a renewed devotion under the title Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás and the erection of a new Sanctuary with hostel for pilgrims and a center for promoting popular piety.[3] In a decree signed on May 22, 2016 and made public a few days later, Héctor Cardelli, Bishop of the Diocese of San Nicolás, declared that the apparitions that occurred over a number of years beginning in the 1980s were supernatural in origin. The devotion is thus approved "worthy of belief" at the Diocesan level within the Catholic Church.[4][5]
Ordinaries
- Silvino Martínez (1954–1959)
- Francisco Juan Vénnera (1959–1966)
- Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon (1966–1977)
- Fortunato Antonio Rossi (1977–1983)
- Domingo Salvador Castagna (1984–1994)
- Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (1995–2003)
- Héctor Sabatino Cardelli (2004– )
References
- ↑ "Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27. [self-published]
- ↑ "Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-27. [self-published]
- ↑ "Message of Our Lady of San Nicolas" multimedia website of the Center for Promoting Marian Devotion at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás]
- ↑ Cfr. Mons. Cardelli declara la sobrenaturalidad del acontecimiento mariano de San Nicolás, AICA, 23 de mayo de 2016 (consultado el 27 de mayo de 2016).
- ↑ "Marian apparition has been approved in Argentina" news bulletin published online on June 4, 2016 by Catholic News Agency