Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Gualeguaychú | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Gualeguaychensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Gualeguaychú |
Country: | Argentina |
Metropolitan: | Paraná |
Province: | Paraná |
Area Km2: | 33,887 |
Population: | 326,500 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 294,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 90 |
Parishes: | 34 |
Denomination: | Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 11 February 1957 |
Cathedral: | St. Joseph's Cathedral, Gualeguaychú |
Bishop: | Jorge Eduardo Lozano |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Metro Archbishop: | Juan Alberto Puiggari |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychú is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná in Entre Ríos Province, eastern-central Argentina.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Gualeguaychú, also in Entre Rios province, which also has a Minor basilica : Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Concepción del Uruguay.
Established on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Paraná.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 308,410 Catholics (89.7% of 343,789 total) on 33,887 km² in 35 parishes and a mission with 61 priests (48 diocesan, 13 religious), 4 deacons, 77 lay religious (23 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.