Diocese of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint James Major (July 25), Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Sumampa (November 23)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1570.05.10: Established as Diocese of Tucumán (español) / Tucumanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santiago and became suffragan of Lima)
1609.07.20: Became suffragan of La Plata
1697.11.28: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Córdoba)
1907.03.25: Restored as Diocese of Santiago del Estero (español) / Sancti Iacobi de Estero (Latin) (from Diocese of Tucumán and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1934.04.20: Became suffragan of Santa Fe
1957.02.11: Became suffragan of Tucumán
1961.04.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Añatuya

Contact Info

Address: Av. Manuel Belgrano (Sur) 450, G4200AAR, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Phone: (0385) 4211260

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.12.23 – ...):	Bishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (71)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.06.19 – ...):	Bishop Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola (71) Titular Bishop of Acquapendente

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santiago del Estero (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (71)
(2013.12.23 – ...)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Me envió a evangelizar a los pobres

Born:	1952.06.11 (Lanús, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.29

Titular Bishop of Summa (2010.03.15 – 2013.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2010.03.15 – 2013.12.23)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (2013.12.23 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Polti Santillán (85)
(2006.05.17 – 2013.12.23)

Bishop emeritus of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

A Jesús por María

Born:	1938.11.17 (Santiago del Estero, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1963.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.08.22

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1963.08.11 – 1994.07.13)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1994.07.13 – 2006.05.17)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (2006.05.17 – 2013.12.23)

Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone
(1999.02.18 – 2005.08.19)

Paz y misericordia

Born:	1940.10.19 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.04.21
Died:	2015.03.29 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Mauriana (1993.01.30 – 1996.07.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1993.01.30 – 1996.07.03)

Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina) (1996.07.03 – 1999.02.18)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1999.02.18 – 2005.08.19)

Bishop Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo
(1994.11.23 – 1998.09.04)

Aquí estoy para hacer tu voluntad

Born:	1936.08.21 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.03
Died:	1998.09.04 († 62)

Bishop of Orán (Argentina) (1982.04.30 – 1993.05.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1993.05.15 – 1994.11.23)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1994.11.23 – 1998.09.04)

Bishop Manuel Guirao
(1981.01.20 – 1994.11.23)

Ignis caritas

Born:	1919.06.04 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.12.08
Died:	2005.01.02 († 85)

Bishop of Orán (Argentina) (1970.10.31 – 1981.01.20)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1981.01.20 – 1994.11.23)

Bishop Manuel Tato
(1961.07.11 – 1980.08.12)

Born:	1907.03.05 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1929.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.03.27
Died:	1980.08.12 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Aulon (1948.11.13 – 1961.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1948.11.13 – 1961.07.11)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1961.07.11 – 1980.08.12)

Bishop José Weimann, C.SS.R.
(1940.08.01 – 1961.03.31)

Born:	1892.04.06
Ordained Priest:	1917.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.09.08
Died:	1961.03.31 († 68)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1940.08.01 – 1961.03.31)

Bishop Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (later Archbishop)
(1927.07.07 – 1939.11.03)

Born:	1888.09.21 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1912.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.10.16
Died:	1965.08.03 († 76)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1927.07.07 – 1939.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1939.11.03 – 1965.08.03)

Bishop Juan Martín Yáñez y Paz
(1910.02.07 – 1926.04.06)

Born:	1840.10.23 (Argentina)
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.08
Died:	1926.04.06 († 85)

Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1910.02.07 – 1926.04.06)

Bishops of Tucumán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Manuel Mercadillo, O.P.
(1694.11.08 – 1697.11.28)

Born:	1643
Consecrated Bishop:	1695.11
Died:	1704.07.17 († 60)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1694.11.08 – 1697.11.28)

Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1694.08.07] 1697.11.28 – 1704.07.17)

Bishop Juan Bravo Dávila y Cartagena
(1687.11.24 – 1691.12.04)

Born:	1629.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1688.11.21
Died:	1691.12.04 († 62)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) ([1687.08.29] 1687.11.24 – 1691.12.04)

Bishop Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, O.E.S.A.
(1679.11.27 – 1686.09.19)

Consecrated Bishop:	1679.09.08
Died:	1686.09.19

Titular Bishop of Anastasiopolis (1677.02.08 – 1679.11.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) ([1676.06.09] 1677.02.08 – 1679.11.27)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1679.11.27 – 1686.09.19)

Bishop Francisco de Borja
(1668.09.17 – 1679.09.04)

Born:	1629 (Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:	1671
Died:	1689.04.13 († 59)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) ([1668.02.08] 1668.09.17 – 1679.09.04)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1679.09.04 – 1689.04.13)

Bishop Melchor Maldonado y Saavedra, O.E.S.A.
(1632.03.08 – 1662.02.11)

Born:	1588
Consecrated Bishop:	1633
Died:	1662.02.11 († 73)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) ([1631.09.20] 1632.03.08 – 1662.02.11)

Bishop Tomás de la Torre Gibaja, O.P.
(1628.12.11 – 1630.07.17)

Born:	1570 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1621.08.15
Died:	1630.07.17 († 59)

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1620.03.30 – 1628.12.11)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1628.12.11 – 1630.07.17)

Bishop Julián de Cortázar (later Archbishop)
(1617.04.10 – 1625.04.07)

Born:	1576.01.07 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1618.12.25
Died:	1630.10.31 († 54)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1617.04.10 – 1625.04.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1625.04.07 – 1630.10.31)

Bishop Fernando Trexo y Senabria, O.F.M.
(1594.03.28 – 1614.12.24)

Born:	1547 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1576
Consecrated Bishop:	1595.05.16
Died:	1614.12.24 († 66)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1594.03.28 – 1614.12.24)

Bishop Francisco de Vitoria, O.P.
(1578.01.13 – 1592)

Consecrated Bishop:	1578.11.18
Died:	1592

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1578.01.13 – 1592)

Bishop Jerónimo Albornoz, O.F.M.
(1570.08.27 – 1574.10.27)

Born:	1530 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1571.07.22
Died:	1574.10.27 († 43)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1570.08.27 – 1574.10.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1993.05.15 – 1994.11.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (62) (2008.11.22 – 2015.05.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero

Churches by City (44)

Catamarca (←), Concepción (←), Tucumán (↖), Salta (↑), Añatuya (→), Rafaela (↘), Deán Funes (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 72,273 km²

Population: 728,824 Catholics (90.0% of 809,804 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (38 diocesan, 15 religious), 13 deacons, 73 religious (20 brothers, 53 sisters), 8 seminarians