Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Posadas | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Posadensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Posadas |
Country: | Argentina |
Metropolitan: | Corrientes |
Province: | Corrientes |
Area Km2: | 13,206 |
Population: | 769,000 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 552,890 |
Catholics Percent: | 71.9 |
Parishes: | 37 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 11 February 1957 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | St. Joseph's Cathedral in Posadas, Misiones |
Patron: | St Ignatius of Loyola St Roque González de Santa Cruz |
Bishop: | Juan Rubén Martinez |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Metro Archbishop: | Andrés Stanovnik |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Posadas (la|Dioecesis Posadensis) is a Catholic diocese located in the city of Posadas, Misiones in the ecclesiastical province of Corrientes in Argentina.
On 11 February 1957, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Posadas from the Diocese of Corrientes. It lost territory in 1986 when the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú was established and again in 2009 when the Diocese of Puerto Oberá was established.[1] [2]