Diocese of Posadas
Posaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Posadas, Argentina
The Diocese of Posadas is a Latin rite diocese in Misiones province, Argentina, erected in 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Corrientes and its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Joseph. Juan Rubén Martínez has been its bishop since 2000.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1957
- Latin
- Posaden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Itatí
- Annuario code
- 001002655
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 478,242
- Population
- 797,000
- Catholic share
- 60.0%
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 6,832
- Extent
- 6,426 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Juan Rubén Martínez
- Born
- 20 January 1953
- Birthplace
- Vicente López
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 San José stands in Posadas, 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 Corrientes
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Corrientes.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CorrientesCorrientes
- Diocese of GoyaGoya
- Diocese of OberáOberá
- Diocese of Puerto IguazúPuerto Iguazú
- Diocese of Santo ToméSanto Tomé
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].