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Diocese of

Río Gallegos

Argentina Argentina, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Río Gallegos / Rivogallæcen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bahía Blanca

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (33)

Punta Arenas (↙), Aysén (↖), Comodoro Rivadavia (↑), Falkland Islands (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.08.11 – ...):Bishop Ignacio Damián Medina (56)Bishop Ignacio Damián Medina (56)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.05.21 – ...):Bishop Fabián González Balsa (55)Bishop Fabián González Balsa (55)

Titular Bishop of Masclianæ

Ordinaries

Bishops of Río Gallegos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ignacio Damián Medina (56)Bishop Ignacio Damián Medina (56)
(2023.08.11 – ...)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Born:1967.03.17 (Tandil, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1994.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:2020.02.29

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1994.11.26 – 2019.11.26)

Titular Bishop of Nepte (2019.11.26 – 2023.08.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (2019.11.26 – 2023.08.11)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (2023.08.11 – ...)

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (55)Bishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (55) (later Archbishop)
(2019.01.03 – 2023.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

No apartes tu rostro del pobre

Born:1968.04.12 (Río Gallegos, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1997.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:2018.03.03

Priest of San Isidro (Argentina) (1997.10.24 – 2017.11.20)

Titular Bishop of Lacubaza (2017.11.20 – 2019.01.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (2017.11.20 – 2019.01.03)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (2019.01.03 – 2023.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2023.05.26 – ...)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (2023.05.26 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Ángel D’Annibale
(2013.02.21 – 2018.06.15)

Como el Padre me envió, Yo los envío

Born:1959.03.27 (Florida, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1985.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:2011.04.29
Died:2020.04.14 (Buenos Aires, Argentina † 61)

Priest of San Isidro (Argentina) (1985.12.06 – 2011.02.19)

Titular Bishop of Nasai (2011.02.19 – 2013.02.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (2011.02.19 – 2013.02.21)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (2013.02.21 – 2018.06.15)

Bishop of San Martín (Argentina) (2018.06.15 – 2020.04.14)

Bishop Juan Carlos Romanín, S.D.B. (68)Bishop Juan Carlos Romanín, S.D.B. (68)
(2005.10.25 – 2012.04.18)

Bishop emeritus of Río Gallegos (Argentina)

Señor, tú lo sabes todo, sabes que te quiero

Born:1954.11.04 (Sarandi, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1981.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:2005.12.17

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (2005.10.25 – 2012.04.18)

Bishop Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B.
(1992.07.11 – 2005.10.25)

Born:1930.01.18 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1957.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:1992.09.26
Died:2014.06.06 († 84)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (1992.07.11 – 2005.10.25)

Bishop Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B.
(1975.04.05 – 1992.03.11)

Justicia y paz

Born:1922.10.02 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:1968.06.29
Died:1992.03.11 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Puppi (1968.04.08 – 1975.04.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina) (1968.04.08 – 1975.04.05)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (1975.04.05 – 1992.03.11)

Bishop Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B.
(1961.06.12 – 1974.05.31)

In cruce salus

Born:1920.01.22 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1948.09.28
Consecrated Bishop:1961.09.10
Died:1974.05.31 († 54)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1974.05.31)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: Errázuriz 53, Z9400HYA, Río Gallegos, Argentina

Phone: (02966) 422325

Website:

Statistics

Area: 265,214 km²

Population: 238,000 Catholics (70.0% of 340,000 total) (2021)

Statistics: 34 parishes, 40 missions, 27 priests (20 diocesan, 7 religious), 15 deacons, 43 religious (7 brothers, 36 sisters), 2 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John Bosco (January 31)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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