Diocese of San Isidro, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Isidro / Sancti Isidori in Argentina (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Buenos Aires

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Isidore the Farm Labourer (May 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of San Isidro / Sancti Isidori in Argentina (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1961.04.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Martín
1976.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Zárate–Campana

Contact Info

Address: Av. del Libertador 16199, B1642CKI, San Isidro, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4743-1862

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.12.30 – ...):	Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana (77) President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina
Coadjutor Bishop (2024.02.22 – ...):	Bishop Guillermo Caride (61)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.12.19 – ...):	Bishop Raúl Pizarro (51) Titular Bishop of Ausana

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Isidro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana (77)
(2011.12.30 – ...)

Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina)
President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Si tanto amó Dios al mundo que le Dio a su hijo único

Born:	1946.10.15 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1972.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.09.02

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1972.11.25 – 2006.05.24)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1995.05.18 – 2006.05.24)

Titular Bishop of Suelli (2006.05.24 – 2009.10.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2006.05.24 – 2009.10.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina) (2009.10.07 – 2011.12.30)

Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina) (2011.12.30 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2017.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto (87)
(1985.05.13 – 2011.12.30)

Bishop emeritus of San Isidro (Argentina)

Born:	1936.12.27 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1964.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.19

Bishop of Rafaela (Argentina) (1976.12.28 – 1983.03.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina) (1983.03.14 – 1985.05.13)

Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina) (1985.05.13 – 2011.12.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina) (2012.06.26 – 2013.05.06)

Bishop Antonio María Aguirre
(1957.03.13 – 1985.05.13)

Born:	1908.09.13 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1943.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.09
Died:	1987.06.02 († 78)

Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1985.05.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana (77) (2009.10.07 – 2011.12.30)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto (87) (1983.03.14 – 1985.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Guillermo Caride (61) (2018.10.26 – 2024.02.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Martín Fassi (63) (2014.11.17 – 2020.12.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Justo Oscar Laguna (1975.02.01 – 1980.01.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Isidro Labrador, San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (71)

San Martín (↙), San Miguel (←), Zárate–Campana (↖), Gualeguaychú (↑), Mercedes (↗), Buenos Aires (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 1,379 km²

Population: 1,224,000 Catholics (95.0% of 1,289,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 71 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 129 priests (113 diocesan, 16 religious), 50 deacons, 160 religious (30 brothers, 130 sisters), 6 seminarians