Diocese of Morón
Moronen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Morón, Argentina
Diocese of Moron in the western Greater Buenos Aires area, erected in 1957 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, covering the districts of Moron, Hurlingham, and Ituzaingo. Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna was appointed in May 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1957
- Latin
- Moronen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002296
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 664,000
- Population
- 655,000
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 11,254
- Extent
- 130 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5,108
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
- Alejandro Pablo Benna
- Born
- 12 November 1959
- 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 Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of the Good Journey stands in Morón, 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:
- Diocese of Avellaneda–LanúsAvellaneda–Lanús
- Archdiocese of Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of Gregorio de LaferrereGregorio de Laferrere
- Diocese of Lomas de ZamoraLomas de Zamora
- Diocese of QuilmesQuilmes
- Diocese of San Charbel en Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of San IsidroSan Isidro
- Diocese of San JustoSan Justo
- Diocese of San MartínSan Martín
- Diocese of San MiguelSan Miguel
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].