Diocese of Gualeguaychú, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paraná

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario (October 7), Nuestra Señora del Rosario (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Paraná)

Contact Info

Address: Monseñor J. Chalup 30, E2822EZB, Gualeguaychú, Argentina

Phone: (03446) 426336

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.03.28 – ...):

Bishop Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gualeguaychú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (67)
(2017.03.28 – ...)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina)

Born:	1956.11.30 (Calchaquí, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1984.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.05.28

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (2017.03.28 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano (69) (later Archbishop)
(2005.12.22 – 2016.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Born:	1955.02.10 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.25

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1982.12.03 – 2000.01.04)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (2000.01.04 – 2005.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2000.01.04 – 2005.12.22)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (2005.12.22 – 2016.08.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2016.08.31 – 2017.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2017.06.17 – ...)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2020.11.06 – 2023.05.17)

Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn
(1996.12.05 – 2004.11.30)

Que seamos todos uno

Born:	1942.06.26 (Gilbert, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.19
Died:	2022.05.25 (Gualeguaychú, Argentina † 79)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1996.12.05 – 2004.11.30)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2004.11.30 – 2017.06.30)

Bishop Pedro Boxler
(1967.04.25 – 1996.12.05)

Pro mundi vita

Born:	1920.08.03 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1944.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.18
Died:	1998.01.01 († 77)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1967.04.25 – 1996.12.05)

Bishop Jorge Ramón Chalup
(1957.03.13 – 1966.07.11)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1911.03.22 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1935.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.09
Died:	1966.07.11 († 55)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1966.07.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, Gualeguaychú, Entre Rios
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu, Victoria, Entre Rios
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (37)

San Nicolás de los Arroyos (↙), Rosario (←), Paraná (↖), Concordia (↑), Salto (↗), Mercedes (→), San Isidro (↓), Zárate–Campana (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 33,887 km²

Population: 280,000 Catholics (75.5% of 371,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (38 diocesan, 7 religious), 10 deacons, 51 religious (13 brothers, 38 sisters), 12 seminarians