Diocese of Concepción Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina Diócesis de Concepción |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Tucumán |
Metropolitan | Tucumán |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,600 km2 (4,500 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 320,000 291,600 (91.1%) |
Parishes | 19 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 August 1963 (53 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Concepción, Tucumán |
Patron saint |
Immaculate Conception St John the Baptist |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Armando José María Rossi, O.P. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfredo Zecca |
Emeritus Bishops | Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.
On 12 August 1963 Blessed John XXIII founded the Diocese of Concepción from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Tucumán.
Coordinates: 27°20′46″S 65°35′36″W / 27.3461°S 65.5934°W