Diocese of Concepción, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Concepción (español) / Sanctissimæ Conceptionis in Argentina (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tucumán

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción (December 8), Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1963.08.12: Established as Diocese of Concepción (español) / Sanctissimæ Conceptionis in Argentina (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tucumán and became suffragan of Tucumán)

Contact Info

Address: España 1525, T4146CCG, Concepción, Argentina

Phone: (03865) 421376

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.26 – ...):

Bishop José Antonio Díaz (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Concepción (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Antonio Díaz (63)
(2021.06.26 – ...)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina)

La Misericordia del Señor llena la tierra

Born:	1960.10.23 (El Cano, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.12

Priest of Catamarca (Argentina) (1985.12.14 – 2021.06.26)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (2021.06.26 – ...)

Bishop José Melitón Chávez
(2020.03.19 – 2021.05.25)

Born:	1957.07.02 (Romero Pozo, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1985.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.12.04
Died:	2021.05.25 (Tucumán, Argentina † 63)

Priest of Tucumán (Argentina) (1985.11.29 – 2015.10.17)

Bishop of Añatuya (Argentina) (2015.10.17 – 2019.10.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (2019.10.16 – 2020.03.19)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (2020.03.19 – 2021.05.25)

Bishop Armando José María Rossi, O.P. (78)
(2001.07.28 – 2020.03.19)

Bishop emeritus of Concepción (Argentina)

Laudare benedicere prædicare

Born:	1945.04.14 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.12.22

Coadjutor Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (2000.11.14 – 2001.07.28)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (2001.07.28 – 2020.03.19)

Bishop Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I.
(1992.07.08 – 2001.07.28)

Con María, madre de Jesús

Born:	1926.07.27 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1954.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.20
Died:	2015.02.21 († 88)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (1977.04.14 – 1992.07.08)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (1992.07.08 – 2001.07.28)

Bishop Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B.
(1980.11.08 – 1991.04.23)

Born:	1931.11.03 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1958.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.12.13
Died:	2003.03.02 († 71)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (1980.11.08 – 1991.04.23)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (1991.04.23 – 2003.03.02)

Bishop Juan Carlos Ferro
(1963.08.12 – 1980.03.07)

Born:	1908.06.24 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.12.21
Died:	1980.03.07 († 71)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (1963.08.12 – 1980.03.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Melitón Chávez (2019.10.16 – 2020.03.19)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Armando José María Rossi, O.P. (78) (2000.11.14 – 2001.07.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, Concepción, Tucuman

Cafayate (↖), Tucumán (↑), Santiago del Estero (→), Catamarca (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 10,000 km²

Population: 310,400 Catholics (73.2% of 423,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 26 priests (diocesan), 12 deacons, 25 religious (25 sisters), 5 seminarians