Diocese of San Miguel, Argentina

Bishop (2018.11.07 – ...):

Bishop Damián Gustavo Nannini (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Miguel (Roman Rite)

Bishop Damián Gustavo Nannini (61)
(2018.11.07 – ...)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina)

Born:	1961.09.15 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.12.14

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (2018.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (64) (later Archbishop)
(2006.12.05 – 2018.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Bendito sea Dios

Born:	1959.05.19 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.21

Titular Bishop of Satafis (1999.04.03 – 2006.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1999.04.03 – 2006.12.05)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (2006.12.05 – 2018.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (2018.04.17 – ...)

Bishop José Luis Mollaghan (77) (later Archbishop)
(2000.05.17 – 2005.12.22)

Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Rosario (Argentina)

Juxta crucem Jesu

Born:	1946.05.02 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1971.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.10.02

Titular Bishop of Theuzi (1993.07.22 – 2000.05.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1993.07.22 – 2000.05.17)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (2000.05.17 – 2005.12.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (2005.12.22 – 2014.05.19)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2015.01.21 – 2019.07.29)

Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2019.07.29 – ...)

Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva
(1994.11.12 – 2000.03.17)

Alabado sea Jesucristo

Born:	1924.07.26 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1955.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.12.08
Died:	2005.07.15 († 80)

Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina) (1981.10.28 – 1992.02.28)

Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina) (1992.02.28 – 1994.03.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (1994.03.31 – 1994.11.12)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (1994.11.12 – 2000.03.17)

Bishop José Manuel Lorenzo
(1983.11.26 – 1994.11.12)

Born:	1929.06.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1955.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.08.13
Died:	1994.11.12 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Catula (1977.06.10 – 1983.11.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1977.06.10 – 1983.11.26)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (1983.11.26 – 1994.11.12)

Bishop Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (later Archbishop)
(1978.07.11 – 1983.01.19)

Born:	1927.06.23 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.05.13
Died:	1993.12.29 († 66)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Martín (Argentina) (1973.03.30 – 1975.04.05)

Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (1973.03.30 – 1978.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1975.04.05 – 1978.07.11)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (1978.07.11 – 1983.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1983.01.19 – 1993.12.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Abelardo Francisco Silva (1994.03.31 – 1994.11.12)

Contact Info

Address: Justo José de Urquiza 1769, BI663GXM, San Miguel, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4664-9207

Website:

Statistics

Area: 206 km²

Population: 954,770 Catholics (86.9% of 1,098,400 total) (2020)

Statistics: 30 parishes, 71 priests (36 diocesan, 35 religious), 10 deacons, 171 lay religious (46 brothers, 125 sisters), 12 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Luján (May 8), San Miguel Arcángel (September 29)

History

1978.07.11: Established as Diocese of San Miguel / Sancti Michaëlis in Argentina (Latin) (from Diocese of San Martín and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)

Diocese of

San Miguel

Argentina

Special Churches