Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro
Rivi Nigri Vallen(sis) Superioris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina
The Diocese of Alto Valle del Rio Negro in Argentine Patagonia was erected on 22 July 1993 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca. The see was vacant after Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna was transferred to Moron in 2025, with Oscar Eduardo Minarro named apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 July 1993
- Latin
- Rivi Nigri Vallen(sis) Superioris
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001000664
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 276,629
- Population
- 325,447
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 12,027
- Extent
- 96,166 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Oscar Eduardo Minarro (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 15 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, General Roca stands in Alto Valle del Río Negro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bahia Blanca
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Río GallegosRío Gallegos
- Diocese of San Carlos de BarilocheSan Carlos de Bariloche
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 22 July 1993, the Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro is a Latin Church see in Argentina, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Coronel Rodhe 433, r8332axi General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina
- Telephone
- [0298]4430.860; fax 4433.530
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].