Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Venado Tuerto | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Cervi Lusci |
Local: | Diócesis de Venado Tuerto |
Country: | Argentina |
Metropolitan: | Rosario |
Province: | Rosario |
Area Km2: | 14,000 |
Population: | 216,000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 206,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 95.4 |
Parishes: | 43 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 12 August 1963 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Venado Tuerto |
Bishop: | Han Lim Moon |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Emeritus Bishops: | Gustavo Arturo Help |
Website: | www.obispadosn.org.ar |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Venado Tuerto is an Argentinian diocese within the Ecclesiastical Province of Rosario.
On 12 August 1963, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Venado Tuerto from the Diocese of Rosario, which on the same day was elevated to an archdiocese and Venado Tuerto became one of its suffragan sees.[1] [2]