Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón
Diocese of Morón Dioecesis Moronensis Diócesis de Morón | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
Metropolitan | Buenos Aires |
Statistics | |
Area | 130 km2 (50 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 655,000 511,737 (78%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 February 1957 (67 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Morón |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jorge Vázquez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Aurelio Poli |
The Diocese of Morón is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Its
Minor Basilica : Catedral Basílica Inmaculada Concepción del Buen Viaje, in Morón, Buenos Aires
, in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, capital of the Morón partido, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
History
- Erected on 11 February 1957 as Diocese of Morón / Moronen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from Archdiocese of La Plata (not its Metropolitan)
- Lost territories thrice : on 1961.04.10 to establish Diocese of Merlo–Moreno
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 664,000 Catholics (90.7% of 732,000 total) on 130 km2 in 53 parishes with 69 priests (53 diocesan, 16 religious), 30 deacons, 86 lay religious (25 brothers, 61 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
Bishops
Episcopal Ordinaries
- S.D.B.(1957.03.13 – retired 1980.01.22), died 1991
- Justo Oscar Laguna (1980.01.22 – retired 2004.11.30), died 2011
- Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (2004.11.30 – retired 2017.06.30), died 2022
- Jorge Vázquez (2017.06.30 – ...)
Coadjutor bishop
- Jorge Vázquez (2017)
Auxiliary bishops
- Fernando María Bargalló (1994.04.27 – 1997.05.13), appointed Bishop of Merlo-Moreno
- Carlos Walter Galán Barry (1981.02.11 – 1991.05.08), appointed Archbishop of La Plata
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Gerardo Tomás Farrell, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes in 1997
- José Antonio Gentico, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 2001
- Santiago Olivera, appointed Bishop of Cruz del Eje in 2008
- Gabriel Bernardo Barba (priest here, 1989-1997), appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere in 2013
- Oscar Eduardo Miñarro (priest here, 1995-1997), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo-Moreno in 2016
- Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner (priest here, 1983-1997), appointed Bishop of Salto, Uruguay in 2018
See also
References
Sources and external links
- GCatholic - data for all sections [self-published]
- "Diocese of Morón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 17 May 2007. [self-published]