Diocese of La Rioja
Rioien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Rioja, Argentina
Diocese of La Rioja in northwestern Argentina, erected in 1934 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo. Bishop Dante Gustavo Braida has led the see since December 2018. The cathedral is the Basilica of San Nicolas de Bari.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1934
- Latin
- Rioien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Francis Solano
- Annuario code
- 001001959
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 265,350
- Population
- 305,000
- Catholic share
- 87.0%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 5,768
- Extent
- 92,100 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
- Bishop
- Dante Gustavo Braida
- Born
- 18 July 1968
- Birthplace
- Reconquista
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 Basilica of San Nicolas de Bari stands in La Rioja, 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 San Juan de Cuyo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San Juan de CuyoSan Juan de Cuyo
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.
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].