Diocese of Santo Tomé, Argentina

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.16 – ...):

Bishop Gustavo Alejandro Montini (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santo Tomé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gustavo Alejandro Montini (52)
(2016.12.16 – ...)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina)

Born:	1970.07.27 (Raquel, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1996.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.01

Titular Bishop of Tisedi (2014.02.14 – 2016.12.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina) (2014.02.14 – 2016.12.16)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (2016.12.16 – ...)

Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago (69)
(2006.12.05 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Hágase

Born:	1954.04.12 (María Juana, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.19

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (2006.12.05 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (2016.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Polti Santillán (84)
(1994.07.13 – 2006.05.17)

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

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

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

Bishop Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers (80) (later Archbishop)
(1986.03.20 – 1994.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Ut eatis

Born:	1942.06.21 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.04.25

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1986.03.20 – 1994.02.25)

Bishop of Posadas (Argentina) (1994.02.25 – 2000.03.29)

Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word (1999 – 2001)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2000.03.29 – 2017.06.17)

Bishop Carlos Esteban Cremata
(1979.07.03 – 1985.03.02)

Omnia omnibus

Born:	1923.07.11 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.10.06
Died:	1985.03.02 († 61)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1979.07.03 – 1985.03.02)

Contact Info

Address: Av. Bartolomé Mitre 930, W3340AMT, Santo Tomé, Argentina

Phone: (03756) 420240

Statistics

Area: 29,011 km²

Population: 193,960 Catholics (90.0% of 215,511 total) (2020)

Statistics: 12 parishes, 99 missions, 16 priests (diocesan), 2 deacons, 15 lay religious (15 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de ltatí (July 9), Saint Thomas (July 3)

History

1979.07.03: Established as Diocese of Santo Tomé / Sancti Thomæ in Argentina (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corrientes and Diocese of Goya and became suffragan of Corrientes)

Diocese of

Santo Tomé

Argentina