Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Concepción | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina |
Local: | Diócesis de Concepción |
Metropolitan: | Tucumán |
Country: | Argentina |
Province: | Tucumán |
Area Km2: | 11,600 |
Population: | 320,000 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 291,600 |
Catholics Percent: | 91.1 |
Parishes: | 19 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 12 August 1963 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Concepción, Tucumán |
Patron: | Immaculate Conception St John the Baptist |
Bishop: | José Antonio Díaz |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Metro Archbishop: | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
Emeritus Bishops: | Armando José María Rossi, O.P. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción (la|Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.
On 12 August 1963 Saint John XXIII founded the Diocese of Concepción from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Tucumán.[1] [2]