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Diocese of Avellaneda–Lanús

Avellanedien(sis)-Lanusen(sis)

The Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanus in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina was erected as the Diocese of Avellaneda on 10 April 1961 and renamed on 24 April 2001. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, with current bishop Marcelo Julian Margni appointed in 2021.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 April 1961
Latin
Avellanedien(sis)-Lanusen(sis)
Patron
Saint Teresa of Avila and the Assumption of Mary
Annuario code
001000761

The see in figures

Catholics
635,588
Population
794,485
Catholic share
80.0%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
76
Catholics per priest
8,363
Extent
98 km²
Catholics per km²
6,486

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

Bishop
Marcelo Julian Margni
Born
12 September 1971
Birthplace
Avellaneda

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 the Assumption, Avellaneda stands in Avellaneda–Lanús, 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 Buenos Aires

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

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].