Diocese of Mar del Plata, Argentina 🇦🇷 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Mar del Plata / Maris Platen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Bahía Blanca and became suffragan of La Plata)
• 1980.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chascomús

Contact Info

Address: Pasaje Catedral 1750 PB, B7600DQB, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Phone: (0223) 4944200

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dario Rubén Quintana, O.A.R. (53) (2019.11.05 – 2022.04.21)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rómulo García (later Archbishop) (1975.08.09 – 1976.01.19)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,850 km²

Population: 789,000 Catholics (76.0% of 1,038,325 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 133 missions

Personnel: 67 priests (47 diocesan, 20 religious), 13 deacons, 95 religious (21 brothers, 74 sisters), 10 seminarians