Diocese of Mar del Plata
Maris Platen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mar del Plata, Argentina
Diocese of Mar del Plata in Buenos Aires Province, erected in 1957 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of La Plata. Bishop Ernesto Giobando, S.J., was appointed in December 2024. The cathedral is the Basilica of Saints Peter and Cecilia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1957
- Latin
- Maris Platen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Cecilia
- Annuario code
- 001002161
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 662,186
- Population
- 827,732
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 9,883
- Extent
- 22,895 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Ernesto Giobando, S.J.
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 Saints Peter and Cecilia stands in Mar del Plata, 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 La Plata
A suffragan of Archdiocese of La Plata.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AzulAzul
- Diocese of ChascomúsChascomús
- Archdiocese of La PlataLa Plata
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].